Fiber Optics
- Automotive Polymer Optical Fiber
- Base Station
- Ethernet
- Eval Kits & Accessories
- Fieldbus/SERCOS Interface
- General Purpose, Industrial Control Data Link (1300nm)
- General Purpose, Industrial Control Data Link (650nm)
- General Purpose, Industrial Control Data Link (820nm)
- High Galvanic Isolation Link
- Industrial Fiber Optics
- Metro/Sonet
- Parallel Optics
- Storage
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MicroPOD™ and MiniPOD™ 120G Transmitters/Receivers
MicroPOD™ and MiniPOD™ embedded optical transmitters/receivers offer unparalleled density, bandwidth, and design flexibility for board and system-level interconnect.
NEW: Altera Optical FPGA technology with integrated MicroPOD optics
View Video - "Optical PCIe Gen3 using Avago MiniPOD™ Optical Modules"
Applications
- Data center switches & core routers
- High performance computing & supercomputers
- Central office switches & cross-connect switches
- Servers
Key Features
- 10.3125 Gbps per channel, 12 channels
- Separate Tx and Rx modules for maximum board layout flexibility
- 120Gbps aggregate bandwidth
- 125mW per channel
- < 50µW power consumption in power save mode
- Inside-box design eliminates EMI/RFI shielding
- Designed for ultra low cost, power and size
- Different housing options to address different system design needs
- Removable low cost optical connector for flexible cable management
Benefits
- Maximum port density per line card
- Superior Signal Integrity
- Superior EMI
- Superior Thermal management
Packaging Options
- MicroPOD™: 8.2x7.8mm with LGA electrical interface for ultra-dense embedded solutions
- MiniPOD™: 22x18.5mm with 9x9 MegArray™ connector for simplified embedded solutions
Documentation
- White paper: A Demonstration of PCI Express Generation 3 over a Fiber Optical Link
- MicroPOD Product Brief (available upon request)
- MiniPOD Product Brief (available upon request)
- MiniPOD Evaluation Kit Product Brief (available upon request)
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