TeraSignal: TS9802 Intelligent TIA with TSLink™ Eye Monitoring

As hyperscalers shift away from power-hungry DSP-based modules to Linear Pluggable Optics (LPO), Near-Package Optics (NPO), and Co-Packaged Optics (CPO), they are forced to trade visibility for efficiency—leaving operators blind to link performance and vulnerable to unplanned downtime, rising operational costs, and delayed deployments. TeraSignal's TS9802 has the answer. By embedding TSLink™ Digital Eye Monitoring (DEM) and real-time BER extraction directly inside the TIA, TeraSignal restores full link visibility without requiring a DSP, microcontroller, or host-based diagnostics. This allows data center operators to deploy 1.6 Tbps optical links at scale, with the same monitoring confidence and control they had with re-timed receivers—but at half the power and a fraction of the cost.

Judge’s comment: “This is an important product for using emerging technologies where retimers are not included.”