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23 June 2009

 

GigOptix receives $1.5m order for undersea modulator drivers

GigOptix Inc of Palo Alto, CA, USA, which designs optical modulators, drivers and transimpedance amplifier (TIA) ICs based on III-V materials, has received a $1.46m purchase order for ultra-long-reach Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) drivers. The order, from a large European customer for undersea optical network cable drivers, is to be delivered in second-half 2009.

“Despite the difficult market conditions, we see a continued healthy demand for our long-reach and ultra-long-reach drivers for terrestrial and undersea optical cable links greater than 500km,” says Padraig O’Mathuna, director of product marketing. “Our drivers, with integrated encoders for 10Gb/s RZ (return-to-zero) and RZ-DPSK (return-to-zero differential phase-shift-keying) modulation formats, are valued for their superior performance and offer the best jitter specifications in the market,” he claims. “This new order brings our expected 2009 sales to this customer to more than $3.5m.”

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