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TowerJazz and Avago expand SiGe collaboration
The companies aim to focus on Avago’s next-generation products using TowerJazz’s SiGe BiCMOS technology platform
An extended collaboration between Avago and TowerJazz will enable Avago Fibre Optic Products Division (FOPD) to achieve the stringent technical specifications and meet cost and performance requirements for optical networking markets.
It will also help TowerJazz to define and develop its next-generation process technologies.
The collaboration has previously resulted in Avago’s recent successful launch of the Gen4SR product, a 10Gbps small form factor pluggable optical transceiver (SFP) for short reach applications.
Avago will gain unlimited access to TowerJazz’s SiGe BiCMOS technology based on both the SBC18H2 process with transistor speeds of 200GHz and H3 process with transistor speeds of 280GHz together with mixed-signal CMOS.
“TowerJazz’s advanced technology enables Avago Technologies to define and develop a plethora of new products, increasing our market share with existing and new customers. Avago’s 10Gbps SFP+ chipset is the first product released deploying TowerJazz’s technology,” says Faouzi Chaahoub, Senior Director of R&D, IC Engineering Fibre Optic Products Division (FOPD) Avago Technologies.
He continues, "Our collaboration with TowerJazz using their high performance SiGe BICMOS will enable us to develop the highest performance and the lowest power ICs for Avago’s next generation optical transceivers beyond 10Gbps."
“We are fortunate to have a technology partner such as Avago FOPD who continually pushes the technology envelope and drives TowerJazz to excellence,” adds Marco Racanelli, Senior Vice President & General Manager of RF/High Performance Analogue Business Unit.
“Our high performance SiGe is uniquely positioned in the fibre optic space where we offer customers the highest speed, lowest power consumption and lowest noise SiGe transistors integrated in analogue-friendly 0.18µm and 0.13µm nodes.”
It will also help TowerJazz to define and develop its next-generation process technologies.
The collaboration has previously resulted in Avago’s recent successful launch of the Gen4SR product, a 10Gbps small form factor pluggable optical transceiver (SFP) for short reach applications.
Avago will gain unlimited access to TowerJazz’s SiGe BiCMOS technology based on both the SBC18H2 process with transistor speeds of 200GHz and H3 process with transistor speeds of 280GHz together with mixed-signal CMOS.
“TowerJazz’s advanced technology enables Avago Technologies to define and develop a plethora of new products, increasing our market share with existing and new customers. Avago’s 10Gbps SFP+ chipset is the first product released deploying TowerJazz’s technology,” says Faouzi Chaahoub, Senior Director of R&D, IC Engineering Fibre Optic Products Division (FOPD) Avago Technologies.
He continues, "Our collaboration with TowerJazz using their high performance SiGe BICMOS will enable us to develop the highest performance and the lowest power ICs for Avago’s next generation optical transceivers beyond 10Gbps."
“We are fortunate to have a technology partner such as Avago FOPD who continually pushes the technology envelope and drives TowerJazz to excellence,” adds Marco Racanelli, Senior Vice President & General Manager of RF/High Performance Analogue Business Unit.
“Our high performance SiGe is uniquely positioned in the fibre optic space where we offer customers the highest speed, lowest power consumption and lowest noise SiGe transistors integrated in analogue-friendly 0.18µm and 0.13µm nodes.”
