Date: 13/03/2011

Anritsu tools help Gennum to demo its XGPON and 10G EPON chip set

Anritsu has announced that chipmaker Gennum has used Anritsu's MP1800A Signal Quality Analyzer (SQA) in its recent product demo held at OFC/NFOEC 2011 event at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The MP1800A SQA is used for validating the bit error rate (BER) of Gennum's latest optical chip set solutions that are demonstrated in an SFP+ form factor and are suited for 10G EPON (Ethernet Passive Optical Network) symmetric and XGPON/10G asymmetric line-rate operations.

"Anritsu has a long history of working with companies to advance optical technologies. We are pleased to team with Gennum at OFC/NFOEC. Our MP1800A is a unique test solution that can conduct the measurements necessary to validate the performance of the innovative products being designed by Gennum," said Hiroshi Goto, Business Development Manager, Anritsu Company.

Anritsu MP1800A was employed to demonstrate Gennum's GN7355, single-chip 10G EPON transceiver IC; the GN7354, XGPON and 10G EPON asymmetric single-chip transceiver solution; and the GN7468, a 10G EPON TO. MP1800A validates the ability to re-use the 10G symmetric design to address the XGPON and 10G asymmetric market by generating burst data that is sent to the various Gennum chip sets.

"The new Gennum chip set solutions that will be demonstrated at OFC using the Anritsu MP1800A will help customers bring XGPON and 10G EPON networks to market faster. Visitors will experience first hand that it is possible to use a 10G symmetric design to address the XGPON and 10G asymmetric market," said Imran Sherazi, Director of Datacom Marketing at Gennum.

The MP1800A SQA has can support support four synchronized 14G BERTs or two 28G BERTs, which can be upgradable to a serial 56G BERT. The MP1800A SQA is suggested for research and development of 100 GE, optical modulators, high-speed logic, integrated circuits (ICs), digital systems and PON.