Cielo Announces Industry's First 10 Gbps VCSEL-Based 1310 nm Serial Transponder For OC-192 And 10 Gigabit Ethernet Applications.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com BROOMFIELD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2001 Cielo's 10 Gbps 1310 nm Serial Transponder Offers Customers a Low Power, High Performance Interconnect Solution in a Low-Cost, Small-Form-Factor Package Cielo Communications, an industry leader in Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL (Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser) Pronounced "vixel." A type of laser diode that emits light from its surface rather than its edge. A VCSEL's circular beam is easy to couple with a fiber, and due to its surface-emission architecture, can be tested ) technology and integrated optical subsystems, today announced the release of the first 10 Gbps VCSEL-based 1310 nm serial transponder for high bandwidth optical interconnects. The transponder provides a reduction in cost, power consumption and board space to enable high-density 10-gigabit solutions and is the newest product in Cielo's platform of optical interconnects, which includes the 10 Gbps 850 nm serial transponder. "Our latest addition to the transponder product line offers standard-compliant, industry-leading performance for 1310 nm optical interconnects in a cost-effective, small-footprint package," said Jeff Bisberg, product marketing manager at Cielo. "Cielo's strategy is to lower the basic cost structure of optical components with product solutions that optimize value without compromising performance by integrating our industry-leading VCSEL technology with custom optical devices and electronics." Cielo's compact 200-pin transponder features a 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 filter, high-speed serializer, laser driver and a 10 Gbps 1310 nm VCSEL on the transmit side, while the receiver incorporates a PIN photodiode A light sensor (photodetector) that allows current to flow in one direction from one side to the other when it absorbs photons (light). The more light, the more the current. Used to detect light pulses in optical fibers and other light-sensitive applications, it works the opposite of a , transimpedance amplifier, limiting amplifier, 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. ) circuit, and deserializer to complete the module. The SC or LC pigtailed pig·tail n. 1. A plait of braided hair. 2. A twisted roll of tobacco. 3. See flamingo flower. pig optical connections enable flexible positioning in tight layouts. The small, low profile footprint transponder provides customers with a significant reduction in board space and power dissipation when compared to current solutions. These features provide customers with a reliable, high performance solution for dense 10 Gbps optical interconnect applications. "Introducing this line of 10 Gbps transponders, Cielo enters a rapidly growing and highly competitive market," said Vladimir Kozlov Vladimir Kozlov may refer to:
The transponder is targeted at standards-compliant optical networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. markets that include systems such as switches, routers, add/drop multiplexers and broadband interconnects. For added flexibility, the transponder features a switchable bit-order function for operation in both Ethernet and SONET environments. Cielo's optical transponder is designed to be fully compliant with the OIF-SFI4-01.0 implementation agreement for a common electrical interface between SONET framer and SerDes parts for OC-192 interfaces with versions that support OIF OIF Operation Iraqi Freedom OIF Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (French: International Organization of Francophonie) OIF Office for Intellectual Freedom (American Library Association) , Ethernet, SONET/SDH and Fibre Channel standards Fibre Channel 2005
Pricing and Availability Cielo's 10 Gbps 1310 nm Serial Transponder is priced at less than $8,000 in small volumes. The transponder will sample to development partners in Q3 2001. About Cielo Communications Cielo Communications is an industry leader in the research, development, manufacturing and deployment of VCSEL technology and optical packaging. The company's commitment to the advancement of VCSEL technology enables the broader adoption of cost-effective, multi-gigabit-per-second fiber optic interconnect solutions in optical networking equipment. Cielo Communications 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. backed by several major investor groups including Mayfield Fund Mayfield Fund is a venture capital firm located on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California, home to many of Silicon Valley's leading venture capital firms. Mayfield was founded in 1969 by Tommy Davis, one of the first venture capitalists. , Menlo Ventures, Herb Alpert, HarbourVest, JAFCO, Triumph Capital, J.&W. Seligman, and Kingdon Capital. Cielo Communications is headquartered at 325 Interlocken Parkway, Building A, Broomfield, CO 80021. Cielo(TM) and the Cielo logo are trademarks of Cielo Communications. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective companies. All rights reserved. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.062001/bb2 |
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