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Firecomms expand its footprint in the plastic optical fibre market ,” says Colrud-Lowery Vice President Jeb Bartle. “Firecomms is an energetic company with new products that should dovetail nicely with our marketplace.”
“As our fibre optical transceivers are ideal for industrial automation, transportation, and medical applications, we have sought a representative in the Mid-Atlantic/Chesapeake region that will effectively serve large businesses in these markets,” adds Lawrence Thorne, Firecomms Vice President of Sales and Marketing, North America. “Due its excellent reputation among both its customers and partners, we have chosen Colrud-Lowery to offer our OptoLock, LC, and new RedLink fibre optical transceivers to key customers in that region.”
Firecomms recently announced a significant expansion of its line of fibre optical transceivers, which now includes:
RedLink, a series of DC-capable transmitters and receivers for industrial command and control applications that are drop-in compatible with the Versatile Link range of products. Firecomms RedLink range is perfect for low-speed and DC- capable applications, such as IGBT/thyristor control and fault feedback or field I/O, in areas where immunity from harmful EMI or high voltage signals is required.
The first LC connectors designed for use with plastic optical fibre (POF) and other large core glass fibres such as HCS. Known for its compact form factor, the LC connector is widely used in the optical networking industry. The company specifically developed the LC product range due to its recognised durability and reliability for industrial automation applications.
Firecomms innovative OptoLock plugless fibre optic transceivers, which along with the LC connectors are ideal for Ethernet- or TCP/IP-based applications as well as for proprietary optical link solutions.
In addition to its industrial fibre optic transceivers, Firecomms now offers an accompanying line of cable assembly solutions to enable quick field installations without extensive training.
Compound semiconductor market still floundering
Despite some revenue growth, the GaAs, GaN, SiC and SiGe markets are suffering at the expense of a stronger silicon market
With financial results in for the second calendar quarter of 2012, the compound semiconductor industry showed sequential revenue growth, but the industry is only slightly ahead of 2011 revenue performance.
This is according to Strategy Analytics’ GaAs and Compound Semiconductor Technologies Service (GaAs) viewpoint, “Compound Semiconductor Industry Review July - September 2012: Microelectronics.”
While most of the companies highlighted in the report showed sequential revenue increases from the previous quarter, many are struggling in comparison to 2011 revenue. The result is an industry much closer to breakeven than substantive growth.
The report also details several silicon-based product announcements for devices that are directly competitive to their compound semiconductor equivalents.
“The positive news for the compound semiconductor industry is that most companies showed revenue growth for the quarter, making it the second consecutive quarter that the industry has seen growth”, notes Eric Higham, Director of the Strategy Analytics GaAs and Compound Semiconductor Technologies Service (GaAs). “However, when you compare the results to 2011, the picture is not as clear. Using this comparison, many of these same companies are struggling to show growth and this reaffirms our position that 2012 will be a low-growth year for the industry”.
Asif Anwar, Director, Strategy Analytics Strategic Technologies Practice adds, “Part of the issue is the strength of some of the silicon-based product solutions. We are seeing companies like Javelin and Amalfi Semiconductor, which is now part of RFMD along with Peregrine Semiconductor, release some very innovative products that are taking share away from the incumbent compound semiconductor
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