Centellax Introduces Smallest Packaged 40 Gb/s EA Modulator Driver; Ideal for 40 Gb/s 300PINMSA 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 Booth #6377 ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 2003 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 new ultra-small broadband EAM (1) (Enterprise Asset Management) The management and control of the information technology assets within the enterprise. The asset management repository includes a description of the asset as well as contract information pertaining to its acquisition. driver amplifier module for OC-768 / STM-256 optical communications applications. The P44R3C Driver Amplifier is specifically designed for driving 40 Gb/s electro-absorption (EA or EML EML - Extended ML. A language for formally specifying SML programs. ["Formal Program Development in Extended ML for the Working Programmer", D. Sannella, Proc 3rd BCS/FACS Workshop on Refinement", Springer 1990]. ) modulators and is the smallest 40 Gb/s driver in its class with a height of only 0.26 in. (6.5 mm). This new Driver Amplifier can be seen demonstrated at the OFC 2003 Centellax booth (#6377). The driver amplifier is priced at $2,000 in modest quantities. "Today's introduction demonstrates how Centellax has been able to couple high performance with small size and low power consumption at 40 Gb/s. We are the performance, size and low price leader in 40 Gb/s driver modules today and are continuing to develop packaging and manufacturing techniques to lower our costs much more dramatically in the future," said Dr. Julio Perdomo, Centellax co-founder and President. "This product is a direct result of working intimately with customers and their specific performance, size and cost requirements for today's 40 Gb/s 300PINMSA designs. Now, transponder A receiver/transmitter on a communications satellite. It receives a microwave signal from earth (uplink), amplifies it and retransmits it back to earth at a different frequency (downlink). A satellite has several transponders. manufacturers can utilize this driver directly in tight quarters without modifying the PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl. PCB in full polychlorinated biphenyl Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. or transponder casing giving them mechanical flexibility and ease of design." The P44R3C has all the performance needed for the application with its greater than 3 volt output swing, capable of driving all industry EA modulators, ultra-low 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 500 fs rms added), and fast rise and fall times (less than 8 ps). And now, all this performance is available in a very low profile package (0.94" (L) x 0.62" (W) x 0.26" (H)). 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 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 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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