Agilent Technologies Extends Optical Receiver Stress Test Solution to 850 nm Transceivers
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Test Set Supports Robust Receiver Designs with Accurate Characterization, Conformance Testing
TORINO, Italy, ECOC - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced its complete optical receiver stress test solution will be expanded to test 850 nm multimode transceivers. Agilent will demonstrate the new optical test solutions at ECOC 2010, Sept. 20-22, Torino, Italy, Lingotto Fiere Exhibition Center, Hall 3, Booth 334.
The Agilent N4917A optical receiver stress test set provides the most accurate and repeatable conformance and characterization test results. Design and test engineers in the communications and storage industry can now accurately characterize and verify standard conformance of receive optical sub assemblies (ROSAs) and transceiver modules operating up to 14.2 Gb/s, commonly used in 10 Gb Ethernet and 10 G Fibre Channel networks.
Optical component vendors are continuously driving optimization and redesign of the optical transceivers used in IEEE 802.3ae 10GbE and IEEE 8.03ba 40GbE and 100G Ethernet and for next-generation Fibre Channel networks. The growing demand for optical short-reach connections increases the demand for testing 850 nm multimode transceivers and subcomponents. R&D and test departments need flexible test equipment that allows accurate characterization and compliance testing, in a repeatable and efficient way, for such new receiver designs.
Agilent already offers a complete optical receiver test solution for 10 GbE-LR/-ER and 10 G Fibre Channel. This solution is now extended to address testing of short-reach transceivers, such as 10GBASE-SR, 40GBASE-SR4 and 100GBASE-SR10.
The extended Agilent N4917A optical receiver stress test set provides R&D and test engineers with a complete test solution. Benefits include:
"Agilent's complete optical receiver stress test solution combines the strengths of our leading physical layer test products with our decades of expertise in optical measurement," said Jürgen Beck, general manager of Agilent's Digital Photonic Test Division. "By extending the optical receiver stress test solution for 850 nm multimode transceivers, we continue our commitment to helping R&D teams efficiently release the next generations of robust optical short-reach transceiver components".
The Agilent optical receiver stress test solution consists of the following:
U.S. Pricing and Availability
The Agilent N4917A optical receiver stress test software and the stress conditioning unit for 10 GbE -SR is priced at $17,000. The new Agilent 81490A optical reference transmitter for 850 nm multi mode is priced at $99,000. All new products may be ordered beginning in October.
More information about the Agilent N4917A optical receiver stress test solution is available at www.agilent.com/find/optical_stress. Photos of the solution are available at www.agilent.com/find/optical_stress_images.
About Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in chemical analysis, life sciences, electronics and communications. The company's 18,500 employees serve customers in more than 100 countries. Agilent had net revenues of $4.5 billion in fiscal 2009. Information about Agilent is available at www.agilent.com.