Product category: Communications ICs (Wired)
News Release from: Avago Technologies | Subject: MDA-1220-08S
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 7 January 2003
Amplifier shrinks 10Gbit/s systems
The MDA-1220-08S is the industry's smallest hermetically sealed surface mount optical driver amplifier for OC-192/STM-64 10Gbit/s Sonet/SDH fibre-optic communication systems
The Agilent MDA-1220-08S is also the industry's first surface mount modulator driver amplifier to provide radio frequency (RF) shielding in a hermetically sealed small form factor package, and offers network equipment manufacturers ease of integration and reduced costs. Optical modulator driver amplifiers convert low-level electrical data into sufficient power levels to drive optical modulators without adding signal distortion.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 7 January 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Traditionally, hermetic modulator drivers have been supplied in a metal housing with SMA connectors on both ends and a connector for mounting the driver to the board.
The Agilent MDA-1220-08S is supplied in a 17.247 x 11.354 x 4.318mm hermetic surface mount package, which is up to 80% smaller than the traditional hermetic metal housing.
The Agilent MDA-1220-08S can be used in OC-192/STM-64 communication system applications with or without forward-error correction (FEC) protocols.
The amplifier offers wide bandwidth operation of 30kHz to 15GHz.
Using advanced GaAs technology, it will drive both electro-absorption (EA) and lithium niobate (LiNbO3) Mach-Zehnder electro-optic modulators.
This amplifier is designed for use between multiplexer chips and the modulator to amplify non-return to zero (NRZ) or return-to-zero (RZ) signals from 9.953 to 12.5Gbit/s.
Its standard performance characteristics include 20dB typical gain, an output voltage of up to 7.5V peak-to-peak into a 50ohm optical modulator load, 15ps rise time, and +/-1.5dB gain ripple.
The amplifier provides both crossover point and output power control for maximum design flexibility.
The Agilent MDA-1220-08S driver amplifier is currently sampling to select NEMs.
General availability is planned for second quarter 2003.
To meet specific customer requirements, higher gain and output power level versions are available on request.
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