XFP tranceivers feature extended temp capabilities/OCP adds XFP 10-km temperature options

March 16, 2006 San Jose, CA -- Bookham's IGF-42312 is an "extended temperature" XFP transceiver module that operates between -10°C and +85°C -- a temperature range twenty degrees wider than of standard devices, says the company. The transceiver supports SONET/SDH SR-1/I-64.1, 10G Ethernet, and 10G Fibre Channel applications up to 10 km, including FEC rates. The company says the module is the first of a series designed to enable increased port density in networking equipment while avoiding the resulting thermal challenges. The module has surpassed a 1000-hour interim phase of the Telcordia GR-468-CORE requirements for reliability in optoelectronic devices used for telecommunications and is now shipping "under controlled availability."Â "Bookham's extended temperature XFP modules allow our customers to increase their port count without having to worry about the thermal ramifications," maintains Eugene Park, product line manager of pluggable transceivers at Bookham. "Higher density translates to a lower cost-per-port solution for their customers." Recently, Bookham also announced completion of Telcordia GR-468-CORE qualification testing for two 40-km XFP transceiver products designed for metro carrier, enterprise, and storage networking applications. The IGF-32511 is a multi-protocol 1550-nm transceiver that supports SONET/SDH IR-2/S-64.2b, 10G Ethernet, and 10G Fibre Channel applications. The IGF-17511 is a 1550-nm transceiver used exclusively for 10G Ethernet applications which meets the 10GBASE-ER/EW specification. Both hot-pluggable XFP MSA transceivers are currently shipping in volume. DECEMBER 13, 2006 -- Optical Communication Products, Inc. (search for OCP) has announced the availability of its industrial (-40 to +85C) and extended (-5 to 85C) temperature XFP pluggable optical transceivers. "We are addressing the expanded application requirements of the XFP market by offering additional operating temperature options to our portfolio," said Kirk Bovill, director of marketing. "We are sampling our cost and performance optimized modules to several customers." The XFP transceiver is designed to provide multi-protocol support for the 10-Gigabit Ethernet, OC-192 SONET/SDH, and 10-Gigabit Fibre Channel to distances of up to 10 km. The multi-rate modules support data rates ranging from 10.7 to 9.95 Gbits/sec. These modules are compatible with ITU-T G.691, ITU-T G.709, and Telcordia GR-253 standards. The serial electrical interface and DDM functionality are based per the XFP MSA. The DDM functionality enables the end-user to monitor internal temperature, DC supply voltage, transmitter bias current, transmitter output power, and receive optical signal level in the performance of the XFP transceiver. Integrated DDM functionality also incorporates warnings and alarms to monitor these parameters.