The lead-free and RoHS-compliant small form factor pluggable (SFP+) transceiver from JDSU improves the performance for 8 Gigabit Fibre Channel (8GFC) applications, and is ideal for high-speed, storage area network applications. This transceiver features a highly reliable, 850 nm, oxide, vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) coupled to an LC optical connector. The transceiver is fully compliant to the FC-PI-4, and the SFP+ specifications at 8.5 G, 4.25 G and 2.125 G bit rates, with internal AC coupling on both transmit and receive data signals. The all-metal housing design provides low EMI emissions in demanding 8 G applications and conforms to IPF specifications. An enhanced digital diagnostic feature set allows for real-time monitoring of transceiver performance and system stability, and the serial ID allows for customer and vendor system information to be stored in the transceiver. Transmit disable, loss-of-signal, and transmitter fault functions are also provided. The small size of the transceiver allows for high-density system designs that, in turn, enable greater total bandwidth.
Key Features
- Compliant to industry-wide, 8 G Fibre Channel (FC) link specifications
- Maintains FC compliance at 4 and 2 G without need for a rate select option
- Uses a highly reliable, 850 nm oxide VCSEL
- Lead-free and RoHS 6/6-compliant, with allowed exemptions
- Commercial case operating temperature of 0 – 70°C; extended temperature operation up to 85°C
- Single 3.3 V power supply
- Low power consumption (typically 450 mW)
- Bit error rate < 1 x 10-12
- 6G OBSAI/CPRI compliant
Applications
- High-speed storage area networks
- Switches and hubs
- Network interface cards
- Mass storage systems
- Host bus adapters
- Computer cluster crossconnect systems
- Wireless backhaul
Compliance
- SFF 8431 Revision 3.2
- SFF 8432 Revision 5.0
- SFF 8472 Revision 10.3
- CPRI Version 4.1
- OBSAI RP3-01
- FCC Class B
- ESD Class 2 per MIL-STD 883 Method 3015
- UL 94, V0
- Reliability tested per Telcordia GR-468