Fiberstore Most Commonly Used Type Of Optical Transceivers

Optical transceiver modules allow for data transfers to travel via wireless network from a source to an end receiver at high speed in fiber optic communication. Specific modules with varying bandwidth capacity and transfer speeds are available for the market to utilize. MSA specified components transfer data faster than regular RF integrated circuits. This kind of transmission provides the least possible amount of interference. XENPAK modules are the most commonly used type of optical transceivers. Modules such as these support either single or multiple modes and are available in different layer interfaces.

XENPAK modules conform to The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE's ten Gigabit Ethernet standard and meets leading transceiver product specifications. Simple integration is made possible as these devices are hot-swappable which means the devices can be on when plugging and unplugging cords cables and wires. As per transmission distance, these transceivers can convey data transfers in bulk within one hundred meter to eighty kilometer range on standard CX4 cables. Multiple wavelengths are supported, and upgraded circuit capacity is possible without the need for reinstalling cable. Although these modules do not guarantee better system performance other compact form factors like SFP modules are more at trend.

The optical transceiver module is becoming more integrated, so the function of 10G Ethernet optical interface can be achieved by an optical module. 10G optical modules include optical / electrical conversion, clock recovery and synchronization, multiplexing / demultiplexing, 64B/66B codec, WIS, 8B/10B encoding and decoding sub-function modules.

According to a research report shows, 10G optical modules will be the most market potential for the next few years, optical devices. Now used widely in the 10G optical modules are the following: 300pin, Xenpak, Xpak, X2 and XFP. Which are the first generation 300pin module, mainly used in SDH, 10G Ethernet to change the electrical interface 16-bit interface (XSBI) can also be applied after the 10G Ethernet; Xenpak is introduced for the first generation 10G Ethernet optical modules , the use of SFP and SFP+ 10G standard in the additional unit interface (XAUI) as the data path; Xpak Xenpak and X2 transceiver is an improved version of the direct optical module, the volume reduced by 40%; XFP is a compact, low-cost optical modules , somewhat similar to the Gigabit Ethernet pluggable optical modules small (SFP).

Xenpak G.652 single-mode fiber at distances up to 10 km, Cisco Transceiver suitable for metropolitan area applications, is currently the mainstream products 10G Ethernet ports. In addition to optical parts, the multiplexing / demultiplexing module (MUX / DEMUX) is the Xenpak Another important function of the internal parts, Xenpak 50% or more of the power consumption by multiplexing / demultiplexing module consumes, so Xenpak light larger the module, power consumption as well.

Xenpak module relatively simple application of optical modules, optical modules can only achieve with a 10G Ethernet optical interface functions. The circuit design of the difficulty lies in the design of high-speed data interface to XAUI, XAUI interfaces, including 8 on the rate of 3.125 Gb / s, serial, embedded differential clock lines. XAUI interface to the system directly affects the performance of the forwarding performance.

Looking at the continuous development of optical fiber technology, you can count on optical modules and all other networking merchandise to continue to see advancements, becoming faster and better.Fiberstore supply a wide range of Xenpak transceivers that operate with copper line, multimode optical fiber line and single mode optical fiber line. Such as the typical single mode Cisco XENPAK transceivers are Cisco XENPAK-10GB-LR, Xenpak-10gb-LW, Xenpak-10gb-ER, Xenpak-10gb-ZR; these transceivers operate with single mode optical fiber and their working distance range from 10km to 80km max.