OneChip Photonics has unveiled a new family of Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC)-based Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) transceivers.
According to OneChip Photonics, the transceivers are designed for Optical Line Terminals (OLTs) and Optical Network Units (ONUs), which are deployed at service provider central offices and at customer premises, respectively.
The company claims that these transceivers will help system providers and carriers deploy Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) cost-effectively and meet the demand for high-bandwidth voice, data and video services.
The company said that the new optical modules include OLT transceivers that provide a 1.25Gb/s or 2.5Gb/s downstream and a 1.25Gb/s or 2.5Gb/s upstream data link in a single fiber, using a 1490nm optical wavelength continuous-mode transmitter and a 1310nm optical wavelength burst-mode receiver.
The offering also includes ONU transceivers that provide a 1.25Gb/s or 2.5Gb/s downstream and a 1.25Gb/s or 2.5Gb/s upstream data link in a single fiber, using a 1490 nm optical wavelength continuous-mode receiver and a 1310 nm optical wavelength burst-mode transmitter. OneChip’s new EPON ONU transceivers are compliant with IEEE Standard 802.3ah-2004 1000BASE-PX20-U and its extensions, SFF MSA2000 and FCC 47 CFR Part 15, Class B standards.
Jim Hjartarson, CEO of OneChip Photonics, said: “OneChip’s new EPON transceivers are the first fully integrated optical access transceivers on the market. They will give system providers and carriers the ability to significantly lower the cost and boost the performance of their FTTP networks, while meeting business and consumer demand for high-bandwidth voice, data and video services.”
