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Opto industry is speeding up the data rate


GigOptix, Opnext, Oclaro, JDSU, Sumitomo Electric, Avago, Emcore and Finisar are manufacturing products at 40Gbps or higher.


To coincide with the Optical Fibre Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC) and the National Fibre Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC), one of the largest optoelectronics trade shows, component manufacturers released and demonstrated a host of new products in March.


According to Strategy Analytics, this activity underscores the dramatic shift to higher data consumption. The recently published Strategy Analytics GaAs and Compound Semiconductor Technologies Service (GaAs) viewpoint, “Compound Semiconductor Industry Review March 2011: Optoelectronics, Materials and Equipment,” captures March 2011 product, technology, contract and financial announcements for optoelectronic companies such as Aixtron, Kopin, Cree, Philips Lumileds, Fujitsu, Spire Corporation and XSunX.


“Consumer and business adoption of data-intensive applications is driving changes in the entire electronics industry,” noted Eric Higham, Director of the Strategy Analytics GaAs and Compound Semiconductor Technologies Service. “The optical transport layer is the backbone of this increased demand. The industry is responding with higher data rate capacity.”


Asif Anwar, a Director in the Strategy Analytics Strategic Technologies Practice, added, “We are seeing the majority of new optical networking products and components with data capability of at least 40Gbps per second, many at 100Gbps, providing faster processing.”


Anadigics unveils new line of PAs for SMPS devices


The new line of power amplifiers are optimised for use with SMPS, including DC/DC converters and envelope tracking. By pairing these 2 state mode power amplifiers with SMPS, designers are able to achieve industry-leading average current consumption.


Anadigics, a provider of RF and mixed signal semiconductor products, has introduced a new series of power amplifiers (PAs), leveraging the Company’s third generation High-Efficiency-at-Low- Power (HELP)technology.


The new HELP3DC AWT663x series PAs are optimised for CDMA, WCDMA/HSPA, and LTE devices that include a switched-mode power supply (SMPS), DC/DC converter, or Envelope Tracking IC to control the PA supply voltage. In this kind of design, HELP3DC PAs provide the world-class average current consumption to help extend battery life in handsets, smart phones, tablets, netbooks, and notebooks.


“Anadigics continues to raise the bar for wireless power amplifier performance with the introduction of our new HELP3DC series, optimised for devices that include DC/DC converters in their RF power management strategy,” said Bruce Webber, director of marketing for wireless RF products at Anadigics.


104 www.compoundsemiconductor.net June 2011


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