Aegis to Showcase New hornet Tunable Optical Filter at NFOEC 2003.Business Editors NFOEC NFOEC National Fiber Optical Engineer Conference NFOEC National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2003 ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2003 Aegis Semiconductor, an emerging leader in dynamic optical components and subsystems, today announced it will showcase the hornet(TM) tunable optical filter (TOF (Top Of Form) The beginning of a physical paper form. To position paper in many printers, the printer is turned offline, the forms are aligned properly and the TOF button is pressed. ) at the National Fiber Optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber Engineering Conference (NFOEC 2003) being held this week in Orlando, Florida The city of Orlando is a major city in central Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida. According to the 2000 census, the city population was 185,951. A 2006 U.S. . The hornet TOF is based on the Active Thin Films(TM) technology platform developed by Aegis -- a platform that enables the manufacturing of tunable components at the size, reliability, and price points of passive components. Integrated into an innovative 2 or 3-fiber TO-5 package, the hornet provides a compact, reliable and cost effective alternative to tunable optical filters based on mechanical actuation or other technologies based in butterfly-type packages. The hornet TOF packaging platform can host a variety of filter designs, including the multi-cavity, flat top tunable optical filter chip recently announced by Aegis. The hornet has no moving parts Moving parts are the components of a device that undergo continuous or frequent motion, most commonly rotation. "Parts" only include the mechanical components which does not include fuel, or any other gas or liquid. , operates over the C or L bands and is designed to meet Telcordia GR-1209 and GR-1221. And, volume priced at $250, the hornet TOF is the least expensive tunable filter on the market. The concept for the Active Thin Films technology platform originates from the field of thin film semiconductors where the technique of direct deposition of silicon-based materials has been developed over several decades for use in flat panel displays. Aegis' founders exploited this technology by combining it with thin film dielectric coatings, one of the most widely used optical device technologies in today's telecommunications networks. Aegis has more than 20 patents pending on the Active Thin Films processes, devices, and products. Aegis announced its first product from the Active Thin Films platform -- the 'mosquito' Optical Channel Monitor, the industry's smallest and lowest cost OCM OCM Oracle Certified Master (database administrator certification) OCM Organization for Competitive Markets OCM Onondaga Cortland Madison (counties in New York) OCM Olympic Council of Malaysia -- at the Optical Fiber Communications conference in March 2003. And now with the hornet TOF, Aegis is bringing tunable, low price, 2 and 3-port filters to market. The hornet tunable optical filters will be available for customer evaluation later this year. About Aegis Semiconductor Aegis Semiconductor is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. that builds solutions for monitoring and managing intelligent optical networks. Based on its tunable thin film technology, Aegis is the first company to deliver low-cost dynamic optical components that are reliable and easily manufactured using well-tested methods from the semiconductor industry. Aegis has secured more than $17 Million in funding from leading investors and venture capitalists including St. Paul St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery Venture Capital, Alta Partners, YankeeTek Ventures, Technology Venture Partners, Stata Venture Partners, and Megunticook Management. The company is located in Woburn, Massachusetts, USA. More information can be viewed at www.aegis-semi.com. |
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