• December 02. 2021

In the 1990s and early 2000s, network cards were generally used in computers, and they were slowly used in servers and workstations until later. During this period, due to the maturity of wireless technology and the popularization of wireless networks, wireless network cards were gradually widely used on computers. However, due to the reliability of the connection, the wired network card...

• November 23. 2021

The QSFP-40/100-SRBD is a dual-rate bidirectional (BiDi) optical module. It features 40G and 100G transmission rates and dual-fiber LC interface type. It can easily help customers upgrade from 10G to 40G/100G networks using existing 10G network duplex multimode fiber architecture. In the following, ETU-LINK will introduce the relevant parameters of the QSFP-40/100-SRBD optical module and the ...

• October 30. 2021

DAC high-speed cable is a low-cost and short-distance connection solution for data center equipment. It consists of a cable and optical fiber transceiver devices at both ends of the cable. Because of the high cost performance, the interconnection application between short-distance network equipment is widely welcomed. At present, there are many specifications of DAC high-speed cables on the market...

• October 28. 2021

The optical module is an important component of the optical fiber communication system, which is used to realize the transmission and reception of optical signals. The speed of the optical module used in the data center ranges from 1G before 2010 to the commonly used 10G and 40G now. Since most of the equipment distance in medium and large data centers is within 500 meters, the interconnection bet...

• September 18. 2021

As core components for photoelectric conversion in optical communication systems, data center interconnection, and long-haul transmission, optical modules rely on TOSA and ROSA to realize high-speed signal conversion. Now, ETU-LINK will introduce to you the components of the optical module—TOSA and ROSA. 1. What Is TOSA in Optical Modules? TOSA is the main component of the optical transmitter modu...

• September 09. 2021

As an important part of the optical fiber communication system, the optical module plays the role of photoelectric conversion. But many people don’t know: What are the core components inside an optical module? How do TOSA, ROSA, CDR, LDD, TIA work together? This article explains each component’s function, structure, and working principle to help you fully understand optical module design. 1. What ...

• August 12. 2021

In recent years, in order to cope with the rapid development of ultra-definition video, cloud storage and cloud computing services, major IT giants and telecom operators around the world are actively preparing to build large data centers. The 10G network can no longer meet the current data transmission needs, and the emergence of the 40G network has greatly eased the pressure on the data center. N...

• July 31. 2021

Fiber optic communication has completely replaced cable communication due to its advantages of high transmission quality, small size and weight. As an important part of fiber optic communication, optical module mainly plays the role of optical signal conversion, converting electrical signals of network equipment into optical signals, so that data can be transmitted in fiber. The following ETU-Link...