Cognet Microsystems Introduces the Industry's First 10 Gbps CMOS Fiber-Optic Preamplifier.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2000 The New Technology Offers Drastically Reduced Power Consumption and Enables Significant Size and Cost Reduction in Fiber-Optic Modules Cognet Microsystems, a provider of high-speed fiber-optic solutions to the data networking and telecommunications industry, today announced the first 10 Gbps Transimpedance Amplifier (TIA (1) (Telecommunications Industry Association, Arlington, VA, www.tiaonline.org) A membership organization founded in 1988 that sets telecommunications standards worldwide. It was originally an EIA working group that was spun off and merged with the U.S. ) in standard Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor See CMOS. (integrated circuit) Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor - (CMOS) A semiconductor fabrication technology using a combination of n- and p-doped semiconductor material to achieve low power dissipation. (CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. ) process technology. The new technology will enable manufacturers to build more compact and lower-cost 10 Gbps fiber-optic modules for OC192 SONET and 10 Gigabit Ethernet applications. Cognet manufactures these chips using the standard CMOS process. The TIA utilizes a novel circuit architecture that allows CMOS to achieve broadband performance previously attained only through bipolar, SiGe or GaAs processes. At a record-low 60 mW power dissipation, the CN10KRT KRT Knight Ridder/Tribune KRT Keratin KRT Knights of the Round Table (Diablo gaming guild) KRT Khartoum, Sudan - Civil (Airport Code) KRT Kleene's Recursion Theorem consumes an order-of-magnitude lower power than competitors' products. The chip operates from a 1.8 volt supply voltage and boasts a broadband analog bandwidth of d.c. to 9 GHz and a single-ended transimpedance gain of 500 ohms. "Such performance was previously considered unattainable in CMOS," said K. Joseph Sikias, director of sales and marketing at Cognet. "Our customers will be able to achieve a dramatic size and cost reduction in their 10 Gbit/s fiber-optic modules." This announcement comes just days after Cognet announced and demonstrated a complete 3.125 Gbps PMD (Polarization Mode Dispersion) The type of dispersion that occurs in singlemode fiber due to a lack of perfect symmetry in the fiber and from external pressures on the cable. Light travels over singlemode fiber in two polarization states. layer chip-set in pure CMOS, at the NFOEC NFOEC National Fiber Optical Engineer Conference NFOEC National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2000 conference in Denver. Cognet has been sampling the 3.125Gbit/s chip-set to a selected group of customers for more than a month. The 10 Gbps TIA is currently available in sample quantities. About Cognet Microsystems Cognet Microsystems was founded in 1999 with a vision to become a leading supplier of fiber-optic solutions for multi-gigabit networks. Cognet's products include integrated circuits and WDM (1) (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) A technology that uses multiple lasers and transmits several wavelengths of light (lambdas) simultaneously over a single optical fiber. optical components. Cognet is based in Los Angeles and may be contacted by phone at 310/231-8242; or via e-mail at info@cognetmicro.com; or visit the company's Web site at www.cognetmicro.com. |
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