Mindspeed adds new generation of transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs) to PMD offering for PON equipment

NEWPORT BEACH, USA: Mindspeed Technologies Inc. announced the company’s latest generation of high-sensitivity 1.25Gbps and 2.5Gbps TIAs.

The M02025 and M02028 TIAs improve optical sensitivity and dynamic range while adding key new features that reduce the cost of optical network terminals (ONTs) for deploying fiber-to-the-x (FTTx) multi-play services over fiber-access networks that use Gigabit Ethernet passive optical network (GEPON) and Gigabit PON (GPON) technology.

Mindspeed will be demonstrating its TIAs and the rest of its broad family of PMD solutions at the China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE), September 6-9, 2010, in booth 209/210 at the Shenzhen Exhibition and Convention Center in Shenzhen, China.

Mindspeed’s M02025 and M02028 devices extend the capabilities of the company’s widely deployed GPON and GEPON TIAs, which are shipping in high volumes to Tier One customers worldwide.

The M02025 and M02028 devices also can be used with the company’s M02098 highly integrated laser drivers and post amplifier with dual closed-loop Eye-Minder™ technology. The combination creates a complete PON module chipset solution that delivers superior design margin, while lowering the overall module manufacturing cost.

“Mindspeed continues to expand our PMD product offering in the PON market,” said Hasnain Bajwa, senior VP and GM of Mindspeed’s lightspeed connectivity solutions (LCS) business unit. “The M02025 and M02028 TIAs offer superior sensitivity and, when used with our highly integrated laser drivers, streamline the design of GPON and GEPON ONTs.”

LuxNet Corp. has collaborated with Mindspeed to provide the Bi-directional Optical Sub-Assembly (BOSA), using the M02025 on a GPON Small-Form-Factor (SFF) reference design to be showcased at CIOE.

"LuxNet has a long history working with Mindspeed for designs spanning several generations of TIA devices," said Leslie Huang, vice president of worldwide sales. "We are particularly pleased with the M02025 device’s ability to provide additional performance margin and cut overall system costs for GPON and OC-48 modules."