January 24, 2005 Munich, Germany -- Infineon Technologies AG has extended its BIDI family of optical components and transceivers with the new OptiPort SFF Burst Mode BIDI-Transceiver. The device is compliant with the latest IEEE Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (GE-PON) standard. Compared to the widely used ITU BPON standard, the GE-PON standard specifies data rates that are twice as fast for downloading data and fivefold faster for sending large digital photographs and videofiles, for example.
The Infineon OptiPort optical transceiver provides what the company claims is a complete end-to-end symmetrical Gigabit Ethernet connection. It enables two-way digital communication over a single optical fiber in point-to-point (P2P) and GE-PONs where up to 32 households can be served--compared to only one single point-to-point connection.
The single fiber solution OptiPort is based on Infineon's BIDI technology. The device operates in the 1310-/1490-/1550-nm wavelength scheme. The module can be offered in several variants, which enable the system designer to use it in different system solutions, including GE-PONs and P2P networks. The transceivers target Central Office (CO) applications as well Customer Premises Equipment (CPE), thereby providing a complete end-to-end-Ethernet solution and interoperability advantages.