Tips for selecting a proper fiber optic transceiver

Tips for Selecting a Proper Fiber Optic Transceiver

What is an SFP+ Transceiver?

SFP stands for Small Form-factor Pluggable transceiver. It is a pluggable version of SFF. Companies like Agilent, IBM, Lucent, Siemens, Infineon, AMP/Tyco, and others are utilizing SFP which is administered by MSA (Multisource agreements. In the rear of the device, you will find 10I/O connections. This device merges with switches, routers, media converters and other a fiber optic or a copper networking cable. Generally, SFP+ transceiver are used for telecommunications and data communications systems as they support SDH/SONET, Gigabit Ethernet, Fiber Channel, etc.

What Are Their Benefits?

Since it is pluggable, this makes it likely to improve the optical interface at the last step of card manufacturing. It is also possible to accommodate different connector interfaces or a mix of SX and LX SFP. SFP cage is covering attached to the PCB board to accept the transceiver. This not only provides an easy replacement to the system but also eliminates extra manufacturing steps and reduces cost. Since the optical element is separated from soldering process, SFP transceivers have high optical authenticity and permit the use of higher soldering temperatures.

SFP Types SFP transceivers are available in both single mode fiber and multimode fiber. They are configured with 850nm VCSEL laser on 550m multimode fiber (SX), 1310nm laser over 10km single mode fiber (LX), 1550nm laser over 40km (XD), 80km (ZX), 120km (EX or EZX) single mode fiber and DWDM transceivers. The industry has recently developed enhancements to the SFP MSA, known as SFP Plus (SFP +), which is designed for higher data rates, lower cost and better thermal performance. SFP+ can support 8.5Gbit/s and 10.52Gbit/s Fiber Channel, 10Gbit/s Ethernet (10GBase SR, LR, and LRM), SONET OC-192 (9.95Gbit/s), and G.709 "OTU-2" (10.7 Gbit/s).

The transceivers are arranged with different transmitters and types of receivers which allows a user to choose the appropriate transceivers for each link needed for optical reach over the actual optical fiber type (e.g. multi-mode fiber or single-mode fiber).

Transceivers are most often designated by the standard transmission speed on the medium (e.g. 1.25 Gbit/s for Gigabit Ethernet or 10.3125 Gbit/s for 10 Gigabit Ethernet). Sometimes, these transceivers are identified with their Ethernet speed or a higher speed.

SFP transceivers help companies reach their objectives of broad bandwidth, small physical size and mass, ease of removal and replacement.

CBO provides different varieties of SFP to meet customer needs.

CBO deals with the development and manufacture of active and passive network solutions. The BlueOptics and BlueLAN brands include Optical Transceivers, Active Optical Cable and Direct Attach Twinaxial Cable Solutions, MPO / MTP Solutions, SAS Solutions, Stacking Cables, Twisted Pair and Fiber Optic Patch Cables, PLC Splitter, Multiplexers, Demultiplexers, As well as other data center and cloud solutions. CBO products are produced exclusively with high-quality components and achieve above-average life times with high availability.