SYNOPSIS (…if you don’t have time to read the whole thing) An Active DAC contains electronics for signal conditioning. A…
To solve this problem a new type of 10G interface has been developed, referred to as “LRM”, short for Long Range Multimode. These interfaces are designed specifically for backward compatibility with OM1 fiber.
The theme of OFC 2017 (March, 2017 Los Angeles, CA) could have been, “200Gbps and Beyond”. Numerous vendors announced product…
Media converters are often maligned as one of the necessary evils in data networks. In a perfect world, with judicious…
Whether you are upgrading an enterprise campus to widespread 10GbE distribution or are looking for a low-density TOR switch for…
INTRODUCTION What is the ‘favorite’ color for optical communications? The answer is…there are several. Depending on the application, there are…
FIBER OPTIC BASICS – TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION Long distance transmission of optical signals over fiber optic cables is possible due…
INTRODUCTION Networks and data centers have relied on 10Gbps connectivity speeds for the past 5+ years. With ever increasing network…
INTRODUCTION As new applications, devices and architectures continue to demand ever higher speed networks, 40Gbps and 100Gbps Ethernet links are…
Almost five years after SFP+ form factor 10Gbps transceivers emerged in volume, usable 10GBASE-T SFP+ transceivers are finally becoming available.…
Introduction In the past few years a new class of pluggable optical transceivers have been developed that send and receive…
