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News Release from: Molex UK | Subject: ParaLink Parallel Optical Links
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 29 May 2001
Optical linksincrease voice/data
transfer speeds
High-performance ParaLink Parallel Optical Links create data links in high end telecommunications and high end data communications equipment requiring high density and high throughput
High-performance ParaLink Parallel Optical Links from Molex Fibre Optics are helping to increase voice and data transfer speeds Providing an ideal, cost effective solution, Molex's ParaLink creates data links in high end telecommunications and high end data communications equipment requiring high density and high throughput
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 8 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Applications include board-to-board, rack-to-rack, and bay-to-bay links in optical cross connect switches, terabit routers, VSR equipment, and high speed computers.
The ParaLink family is a twelve channel parallel fibre transmitter and receiver pair.
The transmitter is based on an 850 nm VCSEL array and the receiver uses a PIN photodiode array.
There are two standard device classes in the family, one operating at 1.6 Gbps per channel with the other operating at 2.5 Gbps.
The 2.5 Gbps product allows a total data throughput of 30 Gbps.
The optical interface is an MT ferrule based SMC connector.
The link is completed by connecting a multimode 12-fibre ribbon cable.
Molex offers a complete solution with its SMC cable assemblies as well as the FlexPlane optical flex circuit.
ParaLink devices operate on a 3.3V power supply, supporting both LVDS and CML electrical interfaces.
They feature a 72-pin SMD footprint in a compact 58 x 17.9 mm package.
An integral heat sink is included on standard ParaLink modules.
ParaLink technology was acquired by Molex through a licensing agreement with Infineon Technologies AG.
This arrangement provides the rapidly growing parallel fibre market with a complete drop-in interoperateable second source to the industry leading Infineon PAROLI parallel optical link devices.
Molex has just opened a new facility, solely dedicated to manufacturing ParaLink modules.
Molex Fibre Optics, a division of Molex Incorporated, offers high-performance, cost-competitive, quality fibre optic networking solutions.
Its extensive fibre optic product offering includes a full-range of optoelectronic, passive and value-added interconnect products for the telecommunications and data communications markets.
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