LightPath Technologies Introduces Vectra Pointing Arrays Albuquerque, New Mexico-LightPath Technologies Inc., a supplier of optical components to the telecom market, has introduced its Vectra pointing arrays for use in MEMS-based switching applications. The arrays are available in L x N or N x N configurations using the company's patented fused-fiber monolithic collimators that are optimized within a customer-specified mounting plate to hit a pointing target within microns. The arrays demonstrate minimal changes at the submilliradian level after being subjected to stringent environmental conditions. The devices eliminate the need for telecom users to buy and assemble collimators for their devices. This allows users to reduce their overall assembly time by as much as 90 percent and the size of their switching fabric components by up to 20 percent, according to Jeanne Edwards, LightPath's vice president of product management. [lightpath.com] Fujitsu Quantum Devices and Optium Form Opto Alliance Chalfont, Pa.-Fujitsu Quantum Devices Ltd., a compound semiconductor manufacturer, has entered into a multiyear strategic alliance with Optium Corp., Orlando, Fla., a developer of 10 Gb/S optical transceivers. This alliance makes FQD and Optium international suppliers of optoelectronic sub-assemblies and modules, such as transceivers and transponders. FQD's optoelectronic component and packaging technology, combined with Optium's disruptive transponder designs, is expected to significantly reduce costs and lead times for OC-192 line cards. Additional benefits, according to the companies, will include improved performance, lower power consumption and increased packing density. FQD develops and manufactures the optical, microwave and GaAs IC compound semiconductors, while Optium uses them in designs and products for high-speed transponders, including a line of 10 Gb/s transponders for 12 to 80 km applications. [fujitsu.com][optiumcorp.com] Olympus Optical Announces MEMS Foundry Services San Jose-Olympus Optical Company Ltd. is offering MEMS Foundry Services. The services will bring Olympus' MEMS-engineered designs and prototypes plus accumulated MEMS-related technology assets and production facilities to foundry users. The San Jose MEMS foundry services are managed by the Olympus Partnership Development Group. Services include design engineering, prototyping and small lot production contracting services. Customers can access advanced manufacturing equipment and test capabilities, including 1D and 2D MEMS mirror devices, atomic force microscope probe tips and cantilevers and image sensors. [olympuspartnership.com]
Peregrine Announces 10 Gbps Quad VCSEL Transceiver Engine San Diego, Calif.-Peregrine Semicon-ductor, a supplier of high-performance mixed-signal ICs, has announced the PE7200, said to be the industry's first 850 nm VCSEL-based optical engine. The engine is a low power 10 Gbps fully integrated, parallel optical quad transceiver (TRX) component built using proprietary UTSi (ultrathin silicon-on-sapphire) CMOS technology. The TRX contains all the optoelectronic functions needed to create parallel optical interconnects, including thermal and mechanical interfaces, in a single BGA/ CSP-like device. The PE7200 is fabricated, assembled and packaged using standard IC equipment and processes, thus reducing cost and removing the barriers to high-volume manufacturing, the company maintains. According to Peregrine, the PE7200 can be easily incorporated into optical modules to provide increased throughput in communications systems. It is provided burned-in and tested for a known-good assembly. [peregrine-semi.com] Flextronics Photonics, SLM Partner on Opto Technology Singapore-Flextronics Photonics, a business unit of Flextronics, and Silicon Light Machines (SLM), Sunnyvale, an optical subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor, have announced an opto manufacturing agreement. FP will provide packaging design services and manufacture telecommunications equipment for SLM that utilizes the latter's Grating Light Valve (GLV) technology. Currently used in high-resolution displays, GLV technology offers a means of increasing the signal bandwidth and reliability of fiber-optic communications products. Initial products manufactured by Flextronics are expected to ship this quarter. SLM's unique GLV technology combines standard CMOS processing technology with MEMS. On an IC, they form microscopic, ribbon-like structures held in tension above an air gap. Electric current running in the substructure bends the ribbons to reflect or defract light more efficiently than other MEMS devices. [flextronics.com] [siliconlight.com] Optical ICs to Reach $1.8 Billion Windfall by 2006 Scottsdale, Ariz.-Optical networking and its supporting equipment, components and ICs, are heading toward a market windfall, according to researchers at In-Stat/MDR . The high-tech market research firm reports that with the geometric growth of the Internet, private IP networks and B2B e-commerce, the demand for high-speed capacity, within the core of the public network is rapidly increasing. Therefore, optical networking will be the norm for all but the last mile, and some proponents feel that fiber will enter the last mile more aggressively. In-Stat analysts contend that 2003 and beyond will bring positive growth, resulting in a market of almost $1.8 billion by 2006. [instat.com] |
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