ANADIGICS Demonstrates Integrated Photodetector Arrays for Multi-Channel Parallel Transmission Fiber Optic Communication Networks
WARREN, N.J. Technology Enables Customers to Achieve Up to 12 Times the Bandwidth With a Single Fiber Ribbon Cable
ANADIGICS has announced that it has developed a 12 channel MSM (Metal-Semiconductor-Metal) photodetector array for use in 2x Fibre Channel, and Infiniband datacom networks capable of data rates up to 3.125 Gb/s per channel. The devices, which integrate a 1x12 array of photodetectors on a single gallium arsenide (GaAs) substrate, operate at 850 nm with a polarity independent architecture.
"Parallel optical communication systems are emerging as solutions for increased bandwidth applications," remarks Dr. Bami Bastani, President and CEO, ANADIGICS. "This highly integrated photodetector array, coupled with optical link laser arrays, will provide the industry with scalable broadband fiber interconnects for networking and fiber optic backplanes."
Dr. Bastani explains that transmit and receive arrays provide space efficient, broadband physical layer building blocks for high density fiber optic parallel interconnects.
ANADIGICS MSM technology integrates all 12 channels on a single die, conforms to the 250 micron pitch fiber ribbon cables, and displays superior crosstalk isolation while targeting responsivity in excess 0.4 A/W. The scalable nature of the architecture enables the company to generate a family of products from 1x4 up to the 1x12 technology recently demonstrated.
The optical MSM array is fabricated at ANADIGICS state-of-the-art 6-inch GaAs production facility. For additional information on this new product, contact ANADIGICS by phone (908) 668-5000 or FAX (908) 668-5132.
ANADIGICS (NASDAQ: ANAD) designs and manufactures radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) solutions for growing broadband and wireless communications markets. The Company s innovative high frequency RFICs enable manufacturers of communications equipment to enhance overall system performance, manufacturing cost, and time to market. By utilizing state-of-the-art manufacturing processes for its RFICs, ANADIGICS achieves the high-volume and cost-effective products required by leading companies in its targeted high-growth communications markets. ANADIGICS was the first GaAs IC manufacturer to receive ISO 9001 certification. For more information on ANADIGICS, visit the Company s Web site at www.anadigics.com
Except for historical information contained herein, this press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, order rescheduling or cancellation, changes in estimated product lives, timely product and process development, individual product pricing pressure, variation in production yield, difficulties in obtaining components and assembly services needed for production of integrated circuits, change in economic conditions of the various markets the Company and its customers serve, as well as other risks detailed from time to time in the Company s reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998. Forward-looking statements can generally be identified as such because the context of the statement will include words such as the Company "believes", "anticipates", "expects", or words of similar import. Similarly, statements that describe the Company s future plans, objectives, estimates, or goals are forward-looking statements.
CONTACT: Press Contacts: Richartz Fliss Clark & Pope, Debra Norman/Allan Fliss, 973/627-8180, E-mail: norman@rfcp.com ANADIGICS, Inc., Tim Blanke, Corporate Communications Manager, 908/668-5000, E-mail: tblanke@anadigics.com Investor Relations: ANADIGICS, Inc., Tom Shields, Chief Financial Officer, 908/668-5000, E-mail: tshields@anadigics.com ANADIGICS, Inc., Rich Hantke, Director, Investor Relations, 908/668-5000, E-mail: rhantke@anadigics.com
Richartz Fliss Clark & Pope, Debra Norman/Allan Fliss, 973/627-8180,
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ANADIGICS, Inc., Tim Blanke, Corporate Communications Manager,
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E-mail: tshields@anadigics.com
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E-mail: rhantke@anadigics.com
E-mail: rhantke@anadigics.com
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