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Build SFP28 Modules for
Data Centers and Radio
Access with Industry’s First
Transceiver IC in Mass
Production
Keep heat away from lasers using
Maxim Integrated’s transceiver chip
and TO-can optics.
Enables low-cost optics: Reduced
module BOM through the use of TO-
can based opticsMUNICH, Germany
– March 16, 2016 – Manufacturers
of SFP28 modules for data center
and radio fronthaul applications
can now use TO-cans enabled by
the industry’s first transceiver IC,
which is shipping now from Maxim
Integrated Products, Inc.(NASDAQ:
MXIM).
Maxim’s SFP28 transceiver allows
module manufacturers to avoid a
driver inside the transmit optical
subassembly (TOSA). This keeps
heat away from the sensitive laser,
simplifies production, and improves
yield. Maxim’s SFP28 transceiver
also includes advanced digital eye
tuning capabilities that enable use
of low-cost TO-can based optics.
The SFP28 module can simply be
designed in the same way as an
SFP+ module using TO optics, one
transceiver IC, and one controller
IC.
SFP28 optical modules for data
centers and radio fronthaul
applications need to offer cost
competitive performance relative
to the incumbent SFP+ module,
while still having low power and a
wide operating temperature range.
Optimized specifically for these
requirements, Maxim’s 28.1Gbps
low-power transceiver IC has a
CDR and laser driver in the transmit
path, and a high sensitivity limiting
amp and CDR in the receive path.
Maxim will demonstrate its industry-
leading SFP28 transceiver and other
optical ICs at OFC 2016, March 22-
24, in Hall A, Booth 1272,http://bit.
ly/OFC2016.
Key Advantages
Accelerates time to market: Digital
eye tuning at the output reduces
design spins
Reduces production costs:
Reusing TO-can-based 10Gbps
manufacturing flow improves yield
Commentary
“Maxim’s SFP28 transceiver builds
on our proven 100Gbps technology
and gives the industry what it
needs to move to higher bandwidth
interconnect,” said Andrew Sharratt,
Director of Business Management
at Maxim Integrated. “Shipping now
to customers who are already in
mass production, Maxim’s SFP28
IC enables cost effective upgrades
to enterprise, hyperscale data
center, and radio access networks.”
“Demand for SFP28 modules will
experience strong growth over the
next five years, as the market moves
from 10Gbps per lane to 25Gbps,”
said Dale Murray, Principal Analyst
at LightCounting Market Research.
“With its new transceiver IC, Maxim
is poised to support this move by
simplifying module design and
lowering costs.”
Availability
Available immediately
Specified over the -40-degree
Celsius to +100-degree Celsius
temperature range
For more information about
Maxim’s broad portfolio of optical
ICs, contact your local Maxim
sales represen
SalesOffices
Analog Devices’ Low
Dropout Regulators Enable
Cleaner and Faster
Communications
announced two series of low dropout
regulators (LDOs) offering ultra-low
noise performance that eliminate
unwanted system noise and improve
receiver, transmitter, and audio
quality. Target applications for the
ADP176x and ADP715x LDOs
include wireless base stations,
wired communications, industrial
instrumentation, high-end audio
equipment, and medical devices. The
new LDOs enable cleaner power rails,
faster transient response, and higher
power supply rejection ratio (PSRR)
in noise-sensitive precision analog
and RF applications, particularly
when higher data rates are involved.
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