Transceiver Offers Extended Operational Range

Offering data rates of 125 Mbps, this new transceiver can operate over an extended range and under extreme temperatures and can be implemented in FDDI backbones, point-to-point links for peripheral I/O or PBX intermode links, FDDI ring networks, and network interface cards. It is compatible with all standard FDDI chipsets. Its 9-pin footprint is identical to that of LED-based multimode modules to let one board be configured for either multimode 62.5/125-µm or single-mode 9/125-µm optical fiber operation. The device offers an SC duplex single-mode connector interface and can be mated with simplex or duplex optical connectors that meet JIS C 5873 standards.