Mitsubishi Electric develops XFP-E transceiver
SEPTEMBER 14, 2006 -- Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (search for Mitsubishi Electric) has developed the first optical transceiver to comply with the 10 Gbit/sec Form-factor Pluggable Extended Multi-Source Agreement (XFP-E MSA). Sample shipment will begin on October 1; production is planned for this January.
XFP-E transceivers represent a 55% reduction in volume from the previous 300-pin MSA. (Search for XFP-E.)
The device features a transmission range to 9.95-11.1 Gbits/sec using a high-performance phase locked loop (PLL) circuit. This simplifies construction of optical communication systems with varying transmission rates, such as SONET/SDH, 10-Gigabit Ethernet, 10-Gbit/sec Fibre Channel, etc.
Using a newly developed electronic absorption (EA) laser allows operating temperatures up to 20 degrees C higher than existing lasers. Because the new laser can operate in higher temperatures, it has reduced the cost on power consumption for cooling by more than half compared to 300-pin MSA compliant modules.
Features:
1) ITU-T C-Band/100G grid
2) Chromatic dispersion: +1,600 psec/nm (at transmission distance of 80 km)
3) 1530-1560 nm (DWDM)
4) Power consumption: less than 6 W
5) Range of operation temperature: -5 to +70C
6) Electrical interface: XFP MSA 4.0 Serial Interface (XFI)
7) Size: W48, D78, H13 (mm)