11 December 2007
2.5Gbps APD replacement & 10Gbps in CMOS for the first time
Bristol, England, December 7th 2007 – Nanotech Semiconductor Limited ("Nanotech"), a fabless IC company specializing in advanced Analog & Mixed-Signal ICs for fiber based Communications applications, today announced its latest breakthrough in CMOS TIA design.
Building on over a decade of Worlds firsts in pure-CMOS, this new family of 2.5Gb and 10Gb TIAs offers at least 3-4dB more Sensitivity at each data rate Vs. the best existing solutions, which are typically in expensive SiGe processes.
The NT25L55 offers –33dBm typically at 2.5Gbps, with a standard PIN diode, and with only 33mA current consumption. The NT25L55 can therefore be used to replace APD based solutions in GPON networks, offering dramatic cost and power savings.
The NT28L50 and NT28L51 offer –25dBm typically at 10Gbps, again with only 33mA consumption. The NT28L50 is intended for upcoming SFP+ modules, while the NT28L51 is tailored to LRM applications. Both ICs are believed to offer not only by far the highest performance in the world, but also are the World’s first CMOS 10Gbps TIAs.
All ICs require a single 3.3v supply, and are pin-compatible with previous products. On-chip filtering means no capacitors are required inside the ROSA, offering both Bill-of-Materials cost reduction and faster, lower cost assembly. Photodiode Monitor source/sink and output polarity are both bond-programmable, offering complete build flexibility.
'Alpha' customers are being sought now, with production ramp-up expected early in 2008.
Dr. Ya Nong Ning, Marketing Director for GOF products, added: "Manufactured in standard 0.13u CMOS, at the world’s largest wafer foundry, this new family of ICs offers customers exactly what they need in terms of reliability, short manufacturing lead-times, and CMOS pricing, in addition to the best performance ever seen."
Gary Steele, CEO, commented: "One of the most interesting things about this latest architectural breakthrough is that it builds upon the Company’s earlier solutions to the challenges in the Plastic Optical Fiber (POF) world. Not only does this new architecture offer both higher sensitivity and lower power, but it is also extremely forgiving of it’s opto-electrical and mechanical environment, something the Consumer- and Auto-orientated POF world takes for granted, but that is relatively new to the Glass fiber world."
Contact Nanotech for details of the Alpha customer program, datasheets & applications support materials. Alpha customers will also have early access to important additional novel features, under NDA.
About Nanotech Semiconductor
Nanotech is a Venture-Capital backed, UK based fabless chip company, focused on Analog and mixed-signal ICs principally for fiber-optics based communications.
www.nanosemi.co.uk
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