NetLight
NLX-Type Optical Transceivers for
10 Gigabit Serial Applications
Product Brief
March 2003
Features
Multiprotocol compliant:
-- IEEE
-802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBASE-
L) at 10.312 Gb/s inter- and intraoffice SONET/
SDH
-- 10G Fibre Channel at 10.519 Gb/s
-- OC-192/STM-64 at 9.953 Gb/s
-- FEC/G.709 rates of 10.66 Gb/s/10.709 Gb/s
Fully compliant with specifications for XFP MSA
Supports all links up to 80 km
Available with cooled or uncooled laser modules
Diagnostics capability via 2-wire interface protocol
Hot pluggable
Industry-standard, duplex LC optical connector
Less than 2.5 W power dissipation
XFI electrical interface
Operating case temperature range:
0 C to 70 C
Applications
Telecommunications:
-- Inter- and intraoffice SONET/SDH
-- Metropolitan area networks
-- Subscriber loop
Datacom:
-- 10G Ethernet routers
-- 10G Ethernet switches
Storage
area networks:
-- Host bus adapter
-- SCSI router
-- Channel hubs
High-speed data communications
Note: This document is provided to help in the evalua-
tion of samples that are under development and
undergoing reliability testing. The samples
described should be used only for evaluation.
TriQuint reserves the rights to change specifica-
tions, features, functions, capabilities, release
schedule, and prices, and to discontinue devel-
opment, manufacture, or delivery.
Table 1. Product Offering, NLX-type Optical
Transceiver
Device Code
Device Description
NLX01-AAA
10 Gb/s transceiver, 600 m reach,
1310 nm FP laser
NLX02-AAA
10 Gb/s transceiver, 2 km reach,
1310 nm DFB laser
NLX10-AAA
10 Gb/s transceiver, 10 km reach,
1310 nm DFB laser
NLX20-AAA
10 Gb/s transceiver, 20 km reach,
1310 nm DFB laser
NLX40-AAA
10 Gb/s transceiver, 40 km reach,
1550 nm EML laser
NLX80-AAA
10 Gb/s transceiver, 80 km reach,
1550 nm EML laser
2
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NetLight NLX-Type Optical Transceivers for
Product Brief
10 Gigabit Serial Applications
March 2003
Description
The NLX-type optical transceiver is a high-perfor-
mance, cost-effective module for 10 Gb/s serial optical
data communication. The module is compliant with a
multitude of protocols and bit rates, including 10 Gb/s
Ethernet (10GBASE-L), SONET/SDH (including FEC
and G.709 rates), and 10 Gb/s Fibre Channel. The
devices are designed to incorporate both uncooled and
cooled optical engines, thereby enabling reaches of
very short (<600 m) to long reach (80 km) to be sup-
ported with one common foot print. The module is a
hot-pluggable, duplex-LC design, compatible with the
10 Gb/s Small Form-Factor Pluggable (XFP) multi-
source agreement (MSA) specifications.
The module contains a 10 Gb/s optical transmitter and
a 10 Gb/s optical receiver, along with the electronics
necessary to ensure both input and output signal qual-
ity. The module also allows user access to the of trans-
ceiver monitoring and configuration data via the 2-wire
XFP Management Interface. The module also supports
10 GbE Ethernet rate of 10.3 Gb/s, G.709 rate of
10.709 Gb/s and FEC rate of 10.6642 Gb/s, and
10G FC rate of 10.599 Gb/s.
Electrically, the module interfaces to the XFI, high-
speed serial electrical interface with a nominal baud
rate of 9.95 Gb/s to 11.1 Gb/s. The electrical interface
is based on a high-speed, low-voltage, ac-coupled
logic with a nominal differential impedance of 100
.
The module is hot pluggable into the 30-pin connector.
The transceiver contains circuitry for signal condition-
ing, enabling host board traces on standard FR4
printed-wiring boards up to 200 mm.
In the transmitting direction, the transceiver module
contains either a Fabry-Perot laser for transmissions
less than 600 m, a DFB (distributed-feedback) laser for
transmissions from 2 km to 20 km, or a cooled EML
(electroabsorbtive modulated laser) for transmission up
to 80 km. All sources are capable of transmitting up to
11.1 Gb/s for launching into optical fiber.
In the receiving direction, the transceiver module con-
tains either a PIN-based receiver for shorter distances,
or an APD-based receiver for longer distances up to
80 km. The receiver operates over the wavelength
range of 1.1
m to 1.6 m.
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NetLight NLX-Type Optical Transceivers for
Product Brief
10 Gigabit Serial Applications
March 2003
Characteristics
1. Output power definitions and measurements per ITU-T Recommendation G.691.
2. Ratio of logic 1 output power to logic 0 output power under fully modulated conditions.
3. With 1550 nm transmitter at 1 x 10
12
BER, 8.2 dB extinction ratio, 2
23
1 PRBS.
Table 2. NLX-Type Optical Transceiver: Transmitter and Receiver Optical Characteristics
Parameter
Application
Device Code
Min
Max
Unit
Average Optical
Output Power
1
(Po)
VSR-600
NLX-01 (600 m)
6
1
dBm
VSR-2000
NLX-02 (2 km)
6
1
10GBASE-L/10GFC
NLX-10 (10 km)
4
0.5
S-64.1/IR-1
NLX-20 (20 km)
1
5
10GBASE-E
NLX-4E (40 km)
4.7
4
S-64.2b/IR-2
NLX-4S (40 km)
1
2
L-64.2a
NLX-80 (80 km)
2
2
Optical
Wavelength
(
)
VSR-600
NLX-01 (600 m)
1260
1360
nm
VSR-2000
NLX-02 (2 km)
1290
1330
10GBASE-L/10GFC
NLX-10 (10 km)
1260
1355
S-64.1/IR-1
NLX-20 (20 km)
1290
1330
10GBASE-E
NLX-4E (40 km)
1530
1565
S-64.2b/IR-2
NLX-4S (40 km)
1530
1565
L-64.2a
NLX-80 (80 km)
1530
1565
Extinction
Ratio
(ER)
VSR-600
NLX-01 (600 m)
6
--
dB
VSR-2000
NLX-02 (2 km)
6
--
10GBASE-L/10GFC
NLX-10 (10 km)
3.5
2
--
S-64.1/IR-1
NLX-20 (20 km)
6
--
10GBASE-E
NLX-4E (40 km)
3.0
2
--
S-64.2b/IR-2
NLX-4S (40 km)
8.2
--
L-64.2a
NLX-80 (80 km)
TBD
--
Optical Modulation
Amplitude (OMA)
10GBASE-L/10GFC
NLX-10 (10 km)
5.2
--
dBm
10GBASE-E
NLX-4E (40 km)
1.7
--
Receiver
Sensitivity
3
(P
RMIN
)
VSR-600
NLX-01 (600 m)
11
--
dBm
VSR-2000
NLX-02 (2 km)
11
--
10GBASE-L/10GFC
NLX-10 (10 km)
12.6
--
S-64.1/IR-1
NLX-20 (20 km)
12.6
--
10GBASE-E
NLX-4E (40 km)
14.1
--
S-64.2b/IR-2
NLX-4S (40 km)
14.1
--
L-64.2a
NLX-80 (80 km)
21
--
Receiver
Overload
VSR-600
NLX-01 (600 m)
1
--
dBm
VSR-2000
NLX-02 (2km)
1
--
10GBASE-L/10GFC
NLX-10 (10km)
0.5
--
S-64.1/IR-1
NLX-20 (20km)
1
--
10GBASE-E
NLX-4E (40km)
1
--
S-64.2b/IR-2
NLX-4S (40km)
1
--
L-64.2a
NLX-80 (80km)
8
--
NetLight NLX-Type Optical Transceivers for
Product Brief
10 Gigabit Serial Applications
March 2003
Additional Information
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