TriQuint expands opto facilty and product range
Newly released optical components include two modulators, a receiver, a transmitter, and four laser sources. Product family expansions include completion of the Netlight® Transceiver products covering all ranges, and optical transmit and receive engines to support all reach distance versions of XFP transceiver and X2 transponder modules. Newly released physical layer components are two wideband attenuators.
New 10 Gbit/s optical component introductions include:
* TGA4953 surface mount 11 Gbit/s optical modulator driver
* T923 multirate, multiprotocol transmitter
* L192 discrete directly modulated laser
* D3587 wavelength stabilized, tunable CW laser
* E3502 (with integrated wavelength stabilizer) and E3505 (tunable) 2.5 Gbit/s lasers
* R195A 10 Gbit/s avalanche photodiode receiver
* TGL4203 electronically adjustable attenuator and TQL4201-series fixed value attenuators covering DC to 50 GHz
* 2633 reduced package size Lithium Niobate modulator
The extension of TriQuint s Netlight®, small-form-factor/small-form-factor-pluggable (SFF/SFP) product line will now provide a full range of transceivers for Gigabit Ethernet, SONET/SDH and Fiber Channel applications that are MSA-compliant and incorporate digital diagnostics (per SFF-8472).
TriQuint s new products, which will be produced in Matamoros, Mexico, include the following:
* Gigabit Ethernet transceivers: reaches of 30, 80, and 120km; SFP form factor
* SONET/SDH OC-48 transceivers: reaches of 15, 40, and 80km; SFP & SFF form factors
* SONET/SDH OC-3 and OC-12 transceivers: reaches of 80km; SFP & SFF form factors
* Fibre Channel transceivers: SFP form factor
TriQuint also announced the development of a full line of low-cost, high-performance 10Gbit/s uncooled and cooled Transmit Optical Sub-Assembly (TOSA) and Receive Optical Sub-Assembly (ROSA) optical engines to support all reach distance versions of the MSA standard XFP transceiver and X2 transponder modules. The new line, NLX- and SPX-series modules, targets the needs of optical communication systems for SONET/SDH, 10 Gb Ethernet and 10 Gbit/s Fiber Channel applications. Common packaging and interfaces allows volume cost advantages in material sourcing. TriQuint will make these optical engines available to OEM manufacturers of modules and system manufacturers of optical linecards.
"Adding these products to the TriQuint Optical Component and Module families are additional examples of the advantage our flexible manufacturing platforms have. We are leveraging our ability to make our own optical components, chips, and transceiver modules. Our time-tested, low-cost, high-quality, common-platform manufacturing in Matamoros, Mexico offers customers the best value for broad line supply of optoelectronic components and modules," said Glen Riley, Vice President and General Manager of TriQuint Optoelectronics.
Matamoros facility
The expansion of manufacturing capacity in Matamoros, Mexico will increase the range of products developed and further the cost effective production of its optoelectronics products. Matamoros is the primary location for low-cost assembly & test of TriQuint s existing line of optical transmitters, receivers, transceivers and transponders. This capacity expansion will add the manufacturing of internal optical engines for lines of these current and next-generation products.
"The expansion in Matamoros confirms TriQuint s commitment to the industry and our dedication to providing customers the most cost-effective manufacturing capability available. Highly efficient suppliers have real advantages in the optical component and module markets of today and tomorrow," said Glen Riley, Vice President and General Manager of the TriQuint Optoelectronics Division.
TriQuint s Matamoros factory is ISO 9001, 14001 and BS8800 certified and has a proven track record of delivering on rapid manufacturing ramp-ups, yield improvements, and cost reduction initiatives. The bilingual Matamoros engineering team, plus the facility s close proximity in time zones to TriQuint s R&D team in Pennsylvania, provides a strategic advantage for fast new product introductions.
TriQuint remains strategically focused on providing a full array of solutions for its Optoelectronic Customers as evidenced by these product introductions and manufacturing capacity expansion. These products leverage the technical expertise resident in its Optoelectronics and Broadband Groups and provide OEMs with significantly improved system performance commensurate with lowered system costs and increased ease of implementation.
