NEC Incorporates Genoa's New, Second-Generation Linear Optical Amplifier in Breakthrough 10Gbps, 80 km Long Reach Optical Transponder.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2003 Increased Power, Chip-on-Submount Version of LOA Loa (lō`ä), longest river of Chile, 275 mi (443 km) long, flowing S from the Andes, N Chile, then W and N through the Atacama Desert, before turning W to the Pacific Ocean. Enables Optical Device OEMs to Develop Systems that Break Dramatic Performance, Size, and Price Barriers Genoa Corporation, the inventor of, and world's leading producer of linear optical amplifiers (LOAs), disclosed today that NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Corporation (Nasdaq:NIPNY) (FTSE FTSE A company that specializes in index calculation. Although not part of a stock exchange, co-owners include the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times. Notes: The FTSE is similar to Standard & Poor's in the United States. : 6701q.l) (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). : 6701) has integrated Genoa's new, second-generation, single-chip linear optical amplifier into a breakthrough 10 gigabit-per-second optical 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. module for network applications. This new NEC's optical transponder, which allows long reach applications to 80 kilometers, is also being announced today. The enabling technology for NEC's new transponder is a new and previously unannounced version of Genoa's linear optical amplifier, designated the G231, that is provided to optical device original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in a chip-on-submount configuration, rather than as a packaged part. The G231 amplifier, which on its submount is comparable in size to a grain of rice, also features a doubling in output power over first generation LOAs. The aggressive form factor and optical power permits OEMs such as NEC to offer unprecedented performance and significantly improved pricing. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Yoshihiro Uda, assistant general manager of NEC's fiber optic device division, Genoa's OEM-focused G231 LOA has enabled NEC to take an increased market leadership position in optical transponder modules. "Our 10 gigabit 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]. has the highest power ever available in such a part by 10dB," said Uda. "Not only does that enable us to offer long-reach transponders capable of 80 km, but also to do so with 20% less power consumption, 50% smaller size, and a drastic cost reduction. This would not have been possible without a truly linear optical amplifier chip capable of being directly integrated into our modules." "For some time now, Genoa has been taking an aggressive posture in the integration of LOA chips directly into what we see as a burgeoning market of highly-integrated, high performance optical components," said Jim Witham, Genoa vice president of marketing and sales. "Significant performance enhancements, a chip-on-submount delivery strategy, and a corporate focus on developing strong OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partnerships have begun to bear fruit, as today's announcement shows." According to an April 2002 RHK RHK Ratahallintokeskus (Finnish: Finnish Rail Administration) RHK Ryan Hankin Kent (RHK, Inc. marketing consulting firm) RHK Rigshospitalets Kollegium (Copenhagen, Denmark dorm) market forecast, the market for long-reach 10 gigabit transponders alone will reach $359 million by 2005. "But this is just the tip of the iceberg tip of the iceberg n. pl. tips of the iceberg A small evident part or aspect of something largely hidden: afraid that these few reported cases of the disease might only be the tip of the iceberg. ," concluded Witham. "Any optical module that can benefit from gain directly integrated is a candidate for the G231." The Genoa G231 Linear Optical Amplifier is available immediately to original equipment manufacturers in a chip on submount configuration. The tiny device, 5mm x 1mm x .5mm, offers 13dBm output power and accommodates data rates up to and beyond 40 Gbps. As with all linear optical amplifiers, it handles any data rate and multiple wavelengths without crosstalk, and operates in switched networks without gain transients. About Genoa Corporation Genoa is a pioneering optical semiconductor company that has made fundamental breakthroughs in the design and manufacture of single-chip linear optical amplifiers. Genoa's disruptive LOA technology is expected to revolutionize the economics of major segments of 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 by permitting levels of system integration previously only enjoyed by purely electronic products. Genoa's unique, indium-phosphide-based linear optical amplifier technology is the subject of several dozen fundamental issued or pending design and manufacturing patents. The company has research, development, wafer fabrication and manufacturing facilities at its Fremont, Calif., headquarters. Funding to date is approximately $95 million; investors include August Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners Bessemer Venture Partners is a private venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Massachusetts, China, and India. It has backed such companies as Ciena, Flarion, Parametric Technologies, Skype, Staples, VeriSign and Veritas. , Global Crossing Ltd., Investor Growth Capital, Levensohn Capital, Meritech Capital Partners, Oak Investment Partners, and WorldCom Ventures. Genoa was founded in 1998 by leaders in semiconductor lasers and optical amplifiers. Editors' Note: All trademarks and registered trademarks are those of their respective companies. Additional background information is available at www.roeder-johnson.com, in particular, photographs of the G231 Linear Optical Amplifier in a chip on submount configuration, at: http://www.roeder-johnson.com/RJDocs/GEG231COS.jpg http://www.roeder-johnson.com/RJDocs/GEG231COS+Dime.jpg |
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