Custom Search

Active Optical Cable Patent Awarded to EMCORE Corporation

·

EMCORE Corporation, a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband, fiber optic, satellite and terrestrial solar power markets, today announced that it has received a patent award for its Active Optical Cable technology. The new patent with broad claims covers all fiber optic active cable applications and is believed to be fundamental to current and future market segments and platforms related to data communications links between information systems.

Today's high-speed data communications networks utilize optical fiber cables for data transmission between information system units such as computer clusters, mass data storage devices, and routers. Typical systems communicate via electrical host adapters that when connected to electro-optical transceivers mated with an optical fiber cable enable high bandwidth, low latency, lightweight and improved airflow data networks.

According to the Active Optical Cables Market Study 2009 by Information Gatekeepers Inc. the overall cumulative cable revenue from 2009 through 2013 is expected to exceed $8.5 billion. This represents a total of 1,040 million meter cables cumulative for the five years.

"EMCORE previously announced supporting IBM's use of 55 miles of our active optical fiber for the world's first petaflop supercomputer", said Stephen Krasulick, Executive Vice President and General Manager of EMCORE's Fiber Optics Products division. Krasulick added, "For next generation 40 Gb/s and greater bandwidth applications we expect active optical cables to replace copper cables and become the dominate connect solution."

The company currently sells in high volume the EMCORE Connects Cables (ECC) product platform for high-performance InfiniBand interconnects that operate at high-speed 20 Gb/s data rates and is sampling next generation 40 Gb/s data rate cables to major OEMs.

EMCORE is demonstrating the new 40 Gb/s ECC at the OFC/NFOEC Conference and Exposition on March 24-26 in San Diego, California. EMCORE Connects Cables currently support 40 Gb/s Quad Data Rate (QDR), 20 Gb/s Double Data Rate (DDR) and 10 Gb/s Single Data Rate (SDR) and are available in lengths from 1 to 100 meters.

About EMCORE
EMCORE Corporation is a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband, fiber optic, satellite and terrestrial solar power markets. EMCORE's Fiber Optics unit offers optical components, subsystems and systems that enable the transmission of video, voice and data over high-capacity fiber optic cables for high-speed data and telecommunications, cable television (CATV) and fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) networks. EMCORE's Solar Power unit provides solar products for satellite and terrestrial applications. For satellite applications, EMCORE offers high-efficiency compound semiconductor-based gallium arsenide (GaAs) solar cells, covered interconnect cells and fully integrated solar panels. For terrestrial applications, EMCORE offers concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) systems for utility scale solar applications as well as offering its high-efficiency GaAs solar cells and CPV components for use in solar power concentrator systems

0 comments:

HTML Comment Box is loading comments...

Fiber Optics is Green!

Developed in the 1970s communication systems using optical fibers has revolutionized the telecommunications industry and have been played a leading role in the formation of New Technical Age. Fiber Optic communication is a method of transmitting information from one place to another by sending pulses of light through an optical fiber.

Fiber optics is the leading technology in the field of communication. Fiber has reached to the home finally by realizing the expectations for an unlimited bandwidth. Optical fibers still have unutilized potential for digital transmission. Learn fiber optics will give an edge and keep us updated with the technology. Watching demos, videos and reading more from internet is the cost effective option to learn about Optical fiber technology.

The fiber optic technology uses the light which forms an electromagnetic carrier wave. This will be modulated to carry information.. Optical fibers have clear advantages over other electrical transmission mediums. Optical fibers have largely replaced copper wire communications in core networks in the developed world and have been making inroads to the developing countries as well.

The communication process using fiber optics involves the following steps: Creation of the optical signal using a transmitter, relaying the signal along the Optical fiber, make sure that the optical signals do not get weakened, receiving the optical signal, and converting it into an electrical signal.

Optical fibers are eco-friendly and Fiber optic technology is Green!
Free download ITU-T specifications
Most of us search in the internet for international specifications for optical fibers, fiber optic cables and fiber optic technology based communication systems such as ITU-T, IEC, EIA/TIA, Bellcore, IEEE etc. Most of the international specifications are not free.

It must be a kind service from ITU-T that they provide most of the specifications free and anybody can download unlimited number of times! One of the most wanted ITU-T specification is ITU-T recommendation G.657A, which is for Bend Insensitive optical fiber. There are many useful recommendations and test methods from ITU-T, which the whole fiber optic industry use as a standard. Please find the links below and download the ITU-T recommedations free!

Custom Search

Link to us

Link with us - Copy and paste the code in the below box to link with Fiber Optic Mania



Page Ranking Tool

Recent Comments

Archives

www.freepress.net Fiber Optic Cables ExchangeLinksOnline CogniCall Long Distance Calling Card.
CogniCall is a monthly billed calling card that will allow you to make a call from more than 50 countries thru an extensive worldwide fiber-optic network, with ultra-low rates, no activation fee, no monthly fee and no physical calling card. Technology Top Blogs
The Cable Directory

A leading source in industry, manufacturing & project news in the global marketplace

South Africa - East Africa - South Asia - Fiber Optic Cable: SEACOM fiber optic cable providing high capacity bandwidth to Southern Africa, East Africa, Europe, and South Asia