High-Density 12 Transmitters Plus 12 Receivers Rugged Optical Fiber Transceivers

Abstract

Reflex Photonics Inc. has developed compact 168G full duplex (12+12) 14.025Gbps/lane optical fiber transceivers for harsh environment applications such as Aerospace and Defense. These devices are designed to be embedded on printed-circuit boards in close proximity to high speed electronics in high performance embedded computing systems to optimize their performance [1,2]. The same transceivers can also be integrated in board edge connectors to free-up more space on the board and avoid optical fiber management. The active blind-mate optical connector interface associated to the board edge mount application is based on the OpenVPX™ standards [3]. These standards define interfaces between plug-in modules, backplane modules and chassis for products intended to be deployed in harsh environments.