504028-1 Description

Modern technology is used in TE's PARALIGHT active optical cable assemblies to create affordable high data throughput interconnects. The connector shell of the cables' E/O and O/E conversion allows for a significant increase in PCB real estate utilization.

The 5 Gb/s active cable assemblies will function over a data rate of 2.5 to 5 Gb/s per lane with an aggregate data rate of 20 Gb/s in each direction using 850 nm VCSEL technology.

The operating range of the 10 Gb/s active cable assemblies is 2.5 to 10 Gb/s per lane, with a maximum combined data rate of 40 Gb/s in each direction.

They are made of 50 micron fiber and come in lengths of up to 100 meters. On request, further lengths are available. The 8B/10B encoded data streams used by InfiniBand, Fibre Channel, and XAUI are compatible with the EOE circuits.

I 2C serial interface connections are supported by the QSFP connector style, which can be used to determine a product's performance capabilities.

504028-1 Features

• Asynchronous, internally AC coupled inputs and outputs

• Passively cooled design — low thermal resistance heat path from chip to connector shell

• Small diameter cable (3.0 mm)

• Light weight

• Tight bend radius

• Following configurations also available. Contact your TE sales representative for details

- SFP+ 10 Gb/s single lane

- CXP 10 Gb/s twelve lane

• 4 transmit and 4 receive channels at 5 Gb/s and 10 Gb/s per channel

• Industry standard (SFF-8470) electrical connector (aka InfiniBand 4X, IB 4X, CX4*, Fibre Channel) and QSFP/ QSFP+ Connector

• Internally terminated optics — no optical connector to clean

• Differential data I/O per InfiniBand version 1.2.1

504028-1 Applications

• Metro Network Switch/Cross Connect

• High End Carrier Class Routers

• SDR, QDR and DDR InfiniBand Applications

• Other 2.5–10.0 Gb/s Applications (e.g. 10 Gb Fibre Channel or 10 Gig Ethernet XAUI on ports providing InfiniBand pinout 3.3 V power)

• High Performance Computing Clusters

• Supercomputers

• High End Servers

• Mass Storage