Centellax Introduces New 4:1 MUX and 1:4 DEMUX for 40 Gb/s Applications.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers OFC OFC Office OFC Officer OFC Of Course OFC Oxygen Free Copper OFC Oceania Football Confederation (soccer) OFC Optical Fiber Cable OFC Optical Fiber Communications OFC Optical Fiber Conference 2003 ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 2003 Now, excellent Serdes performance in a reliable process is available for 40 Gb/s Centellax, a company that designs and develops high speed components for the optical communications Optical communications The transmission of speech, data, video, and other information by means of the visible and the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. industry, today announced a pair of new Serdes components for applications in 40 Gb/s OC-768 and STM-256 applications. The M4CR1 4:1 MUX (MUltipleXor) See multiplexor. mux - multiplexing is a completely integrated SiGe IC which takes four 10 Gb/s parallel inputs and converts them to a single 40 Gb/s data stream including a built-in clock multiplication function (CMU CMU - Carnegie Mellon University ). The D4CR1 1:4 DEMUX DEMUX Demultiplexer DEMUX Demultiplexing performs the complementary function by taking a 40 Gb/s serial input and converting it to four 10 Gb/s data streams including a built-in clock and data recovery (CDR (1) See CD-R and extension. (2) (Call Detail Reporting) See call accounting. (3) (Common Data Rate) A standard sampling rate for digital video for 480i and 576i systems. The rate is 13.5 MHz. See ITU-R BT. ) function. Both ICs are well suited for application in 40 Gb/s transponders or test equipment and accessories. "These fully integrated solution ICs are an important step in the maturation of the 40 Gb/s component market. Now, our customers can get an excellent EYE, combined with full functionality integrated on a single, manufacturable and reliable integrated circuit integrated circuit (IC), electronic circuit built on a semiconductor substrate, usually one of single-crystal silicon. The circuit, often called a chip, is packaged in a hermetically sealed case or a nonhermetic plastic capsule, with leads extending from it for ," said Julio Perdomo, co-founder and president of Centellax, Inc. "This performance comes from combining the best of high speed digital and millimeter-wave engineering and a great technology process." These new Serdes components have excellent performance including handling data rates from 39 to 44 Gb/s, low rms jitter A flicker or fluctuation in a transmission signal or display image. The term is used in several ways, but it always refers to some offset of time and space from the norm. For example, in a network transmission, jitter would be a bit arriving either ahead or behind a standard clock cycle (less than 1 ps on the MUX output), fast rise and fall times, a 400 mV output swing and very low power dissipation (less than 1W each). These components are available in either bare die or packaged components. Pricing for the bare die is $2500 for each device in low quantities and will be available for sample in early May. The Centellax design philosophy continues to couple high performance and ease of integration for the application with a technology that offers proven reliability at an attractive price. More information is available from Centellax on the Web at www.centellax.com, or at 707/568-5900, ext. 25. About Centellax Centellax, Inc. designs and develops high-speed components for the OC-768 / STM-256 market, providing solutions for short-haul, metro, long-haul, and ultra long-haul optical communication networks. Using state-of-the-art processes, proven technologies and innovative design, the company offers integrated circuit products operating at 40 Gb/s and beyond. Privately held, Centellax was incorporated in early April 2001 by a team of veteran telecommunications industry engineers. The company is headquartered in Santa Rosa, Calif., with additional design facilities in Carlsbad, Calif. |
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