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Miniature Optical Transceivers for Ethernet and Fibre Channel Applications from Focus EDL
Focus EDL has announced a series of miniature optical transceivers designed to provide designers of network equipment with a high performance, ultra small solution for Ethernet and fibre channel applications. Produced by Stratos Optical, a product line of Emerson Network Power Connectivity Solutions, the RJ series provides a complete transceiver module in an RJ-45 package.
The Operating from a single 3.3V supply, the devices are available in surface mount or through hole versions and are compatible with wave solder and aqueous washable systems.
“Stratos is well known for its innovative product design combining advances in performance with miniaturization and these transceivers in an RJ-45 format are great examples of the company’s technology leadership”. Says Geoff Philpot, Focus EDL’s Managing Director. “We see an increasing demand for smaller, lighter and more powerful transceivers for applications where overall equipment size matters and these RJ-45 packaged devices will create a lot of interest among system designers”.