Date: 09/09/2011

Mindspeed's burst-mode transimpedance amplifier for EPONs

Mindspeed Technologies, Inc has unveiled a 1.25 gigabit per second (Gbps) complement to its 10 Gbps Ethernet Passive Optical Network (10G-EPON) burst-mode receiver chipset, which delivers a solution for GEPON/10G-EPON optical line termination (OLT) receiver equipment used in central office (CO) locations.

Mindspeed says M02038 1.25 Gbps transimpedance amplifier (TIA) for CO-side OLT equipment compliance with the previously announced M02028 continuous-mode 1.25 Gbps TIA for subscriber-side Optical Networking Units (ONU) equipment, which creates an lengthways solution for GEPON applications and also provides a receiver solution for next generation higher-speed 10G-EPON applications, consisting of its 10Gbps M02138 burst-mode TIA for OLT equipment. Each of Mindspeed's end-to-end solutions is also complemented by ONU and OLT laser drivers and post amplifiers to create complete solutions on each side of the link.

"Mindspeed continues to extend one of the industry's most comprehensive semiconductor portfolios for accelerating the build-out of worldwide fiber-access networks," said Hasnain Bajwa, senior vice president and general manager of the high-performance analog (HPA) business unit at Mindspeed. "The M02038 is the latest addition to our burst mode TIA portfolio, delivering best in class performance for next generation GEPON OLT designs and is a natural complement to our existing ONU PMD portfolio."

"We are very pleased to design in Mindspeed's TIAs for GEPON ONU and OLT applications in several of our optical transceiver products" said Dr. David Li, CTO with Hisense Broadband Multimedia Technology Co., Ltd., a leading FTTx optical module manufacturer. "Mindspeed TIAs deliver superior optical sensitivity along with many other performance advantages. These best-in-class GEPON solutions will enable us to win designs and grow our market share."