19 September 2011

GigOptix showcases 40G DQPSK driver-modulator Bundled Solution

At the 37th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communications (ECOC) in Geneva, Switzerland (19–22 September), GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which supplies semiconductor and optical components for high-speed information streaming) has launched its 40G DQPSK Bundled Solution.

GigOptix claims that, with the productization of its Thin Film Polymer on Silicon (TFPS) modulators, this is the first time that a transimpedance amplifier (TIA), a modulator and a driver can be supplied by a single vendor, while offering complete inter-operability for its reference design and for production delivery.

The 40G solution includes: a GX62255 dual-channel 32G Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) driver; a LX8220 DQPSK TFPS MZM; and two GX3220  linear TIAs.

“Today’s supply chain requires customers to buy a modulator from one vendor, a driver from a second and a TIA potentially from a third vendor. Ensuring that all these components are correctly matched is critical for the optimal performance of the system and can pose a great challenge when designing,” says Dr Raluca Dinu, VP & general manager of Optics at GigOptix. “Our strategic plan all along was to design and supply all the key components to the transceiver industry. Our bundled offering of TIA, driver and modulator - the first of its kind in the industry - is optimized to achieve the best performance, optimized power efficiency, and smallest footprint, while reducing customers’ R&D costs and development cycles,” he adds. “Our TFPS modulator product line offers a unique approach to enable higher levels of integration in various packaged solutions, and we are committed to continue working with our valuable customers to extend our bundled product family.”

The Bundled Solutions represent what GigOptix believes is an industry first for a firm providing a complete solution set consisting of a TIA, Thin Film Polymer on Silicon (TFPS) Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) with a matched driver for an optical application. The firm claims that the Bundled Solution reduces customer engineering expenditure, accelerates time-to-market for new products, and enables customers to leverage GigOptix’s low-power solutions with enhanced cost efficiencies. GigOptix Bundles will address 40G DPSK, 40G RZ-DQPSK as well as coherent 40G and 100G DP-QPSK applications.

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