Date: 22/09/2010

Agilent's N4917A can test 850 nm multimode transceivers

Agilent has expanded its optical receiver stress test solution to test 850 nm multimode transceivers. The Agilent N4917A optical receiver stress test set provides accurate and repeatable conformance and characterization test results. This test set aids design and test engineers in the communications and storage industry to verify standard conformance of receive optical sub assemblies (ROSAs) and transceiver modules operating up to 14.2 Gb/s, commonly used in 10 Gb Ethernet and 10 G Fibre Channel networks.

Agilent's optical test solutions are already available for 10 GbE-LR/-ER and 10 G Fibre Channel. The new test set extends the solution to address testing of short-reach transceivers, such as 10GBASE-SR, 40GBASE-SR4 and 100GBASE-SR10.

The key features of the N4917A optical receiver stress test set includes:
--Provides accurate test results with calibrated injection of optical modulation amplitude (OMA), extinction ratio (ER) and vertical eye closure penalty (VECP)
--Allows a choice of two reference transmitters: a new one for 850 nm multimode fibers, in addition to the existing one supporting 1310 nm and 1550 nm single mode fibers.
--Investment protection because the solution is based on existing Agilent instruments, such as the J-BERT and Infiniium DCA-J.

"Agilent's complete optical receiver stress test solution combines the strengths of our leading physical layer test products with our decades of expertise in optical measurement," said J rgen Beck, general manager of Agilent's Digital Photonic Test Division. "By extending the optical receiver stress test solution for 850 nm multimode transceivers, we continue our commitment to helping R&D teams efficiently release the next generations of robust optical short-reach transceiver components".

The Agilent optical receiver stress test solution offers:
--N4917A calibration and automation software and stress conditioning unit with fiber optic cable kit;
--81490A reference transmitter for 1310 nm/ 1550 nm single mode fibers and 850 nm multimode fibers
--the J-BERT N4903A/B high-performance serial BERT.
--the 86100C/D Infiniium DCA-J.

Price:
Agilent N4917A optical receiver stress test software and the stress conditioning unit for 10 GbE -SR: US$17,000.
Agilent 81490A optical reference transmitter for 850 nm multi mode: US$99,000.

Availability: All new products may be ordered beginning in October.