OCTOBER 30, 2006 -- Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. (search for Vitesse) last week announced general availability of its PON PRO family of physical media dependent (PMD) devices for BPON, EPON, and GPON applications.
To date, PON PRO products have won over twenty designs worldwide with module manufacturers designing Optical Line Termination (OLT) and Optical Network Unit (ONU) applications for the fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) market, report company representatives. Many of these are within the Asia-Pacific market, which leads the adoption and deployment of FTTH. KMI Research estimates that this region will account for more than 50% of the world market through 2010, when spending on fiber-optic systems for broadband access is estimated to reach $21 billion.
"Vitesse's commitment to both OLT and ONU integrated circuit designs demonstrates their commitment to enable module makers, like Fiberxon, to effectively bring optical module products to market," notes Douglas Cheng, senior product marketing manager of Fiberxon. "Their latest products supporting the GPON OLT requirements are key to the overall deployment of PON systems in the next year."
The general availability of Vitesse's newest PON chipset is a key contributor spurring this widespread customer acceptance, reports the company. The VSC7718 and VSC7728 chipset, which Vitesse claims is the world's first GPON-compliant burst mode receiver (search for burst mode receiver), provides designers a complete PMD integrated circuit offering to enable BPON, EPON, and GPON networks.
Moreover, say company representatives, by integrating a digital Average Power Control (APC) loop, point fault-safe features to meet laser eye safety requirements, and a digital control interface, the chipset has helped revolutionize PON optical module management by helping to enable software-controlled optics.
Together with Vitesse's TIA products, which offer what the company claims is the widest input dynamic range in the industry for OLT and ONU Bi-directional Optical Sub-Assemblies (BOSAs), the chipset enables a fast path to production and to the build out of future FTTH networks, contends the company.
"Vitesse is enabling FTTH by providing chipsets with features and performance that exceed published industry specifications," adds Matthew Dru, product marketing manager, Network Products Division at Vitesse. "The production demand and design activity for our PON PRO chipset is a clear indication that customers value our complete FTTH offering," he says.
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