News Release from: Phyworks
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 8 March 2005
Driver receiver ICs cut laser modules down to size
New monolithic laser and VCSEL driver/receivers from Phyworks replace two devices in a standard SFF/SFP optical module.
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New monolithic laser and VCSEL driver/receivers from Phyworks replace two devices in a standard SFF/SFP optical module - providing designers with a solution priced approximately 30% below the current market price for the two separate parts. Further significant savings in the overall system cost can be realised from the reduction in size and assembly cost. Aimed at gigabit Ethernet for corporate LANs, and point-point fibre-to-the-premises (FTTx) applications, the new Phyworks PHY1076 monolithic driver receiver IC supports datarates of 125Mbit/s up to 1.25Gbit/s.
The driver stage provides 75mA of modulation current and 100mA of bias current and the receiver contains a programmable lowpass filter to provide optimum sensitivity at each datarate.
The PHY1071 is designed for driving VCSELs for corporate LANs and low cost storage networking the new Phyworks PHY1071 VCSEL driver receiver IC supports datarates of 125Mbit/s up to 2.1Gbit/s.
This driver stage provides 16mA of modulation current and 20mA of bias current, with an identical receiver section to the PHY1076.
A key aspect of Phyworks solution is the comprehensive SFP reference design support, which allows customers to get to market with a new design based on Phyworks cost-effective integrated solution within three months.
'We have experience of customers using our reference designs and software to achieve a production ready solution and ship their first thousand modules within 90 days', according to Allard van der Horst, Manager of Applications for Phyworks.
The PHY1071 and PHY1076 are sampling now, with production available in Q2 2005.
Volume pricing is around $2.00 for the PHY1071 and $2.50 for the PHY1076.
Both the PHY1071 and the PHY1076 meet the requirements of the European Union RoHS Directives, the early availability of these compliant parts will assist system vendors to meet the July 2006 deadline for RoHS compliant systems.
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