Cognet Microsystems Introduces the Industry's First 10 Gb/s CMOS Fiber-Optic Preamplifier
Source: Compound Semiconductor staff
Cognet Microsystems has announced the first 10 Gb/s Transimpedance Amplifier (TIA) in standard CMOS process technology, claiming this will enable manufacturers to build more compact and lower-cost 10 Gb/s fiber-optic modules for OC192 SONET and 10 Gigabit Ethernet applications.
The TIA utilizes a novel circuit architecture that allows CMOS to achieve broadband performance previously attained only through bipolar, SiGe or GaAs processes.
At a record-low 60 mW power dissipation, the part consumes an order-of-magnitude lower power than competitors products. The chip operates from a 1.8 V supply voltage and boasts a broadband analog bandwidth of DC to 9 GHz and a single-ended transimpedance gain of 500 ohms.
"Such performance was previously considered unattainable in CMOS," said K. Joseph Sikias, director of sales and marketing at Cognet.
The 10 Gbps TIA is currently available in sample quantities.
See www.cognetmicro.com.
CONTACT: Cognet Microsystems, Los Angeles Joseph Sikias, 310/231-8242, jsikias@cognetmicro.com
© 2000 Franklin Publishing. All rights reserved.
Cognet Microsystems, Los Angeles
Joseph Sikias, 310/231-8242, jsikias@cognetmicro.com
© 2000 Franklin Publishing. All rights reserved.
E-mail: jsikias@cognetmicro.com
Web site: http://www.cognetmicro.com
