• 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 24. 2021

According to the working temperature range, optical modules can be divided into commercial (0℃ - 70℃), expansion (- 20℃ - 85℃), industrial (- 40℃ - 85℃). Generally, only commercial optical module is needed for indoor optical module, but industrial optical module is needed if the optical module is used in outdoor environment with uncertain and fluctuating temperature (such as remote mountain area, ...

• June 29. 2021

According to the transmission distance, 25G optical modules can be divided into 25G SFP28 SR 100m, 25G SFP28 LR 10km, 25G SFP28 ER 40km, etc. In this article, ETU-LINK will focus on introducing the 25G SFP28 LR 10km optical module.     The 25G SFP28 LR 10km optical module has a working wavelength of 1310nm, dual LC connector, DFB laser and PIN photodetector, built-in CDR circui...

• May 13. 2021

The flattening of the network architecture has greatly promoted the development of 100G high-speed interfaces. Many data centers have also upgraded from 25G networks to 100G. However, when high-speed switches are interconnected with low-speed switches, we will encounter the problem of insufficient SFP28 ports. At this time , We can use ETU CVR-QSFP28-SFP28 converter module to conver...

• April 14. 2021

With the mature development of 100G technology and the advent of 100G products, the deployment of large enterprise network and data center is evolving towards 100G. At present, 100G optical modules on the market include CFP, CFP2, CFP4, QSFP28 and CPAK. The sizes of 100G optical modules in different packages are different. Among them, the 100G optical module in QSFP28 package has the smallest...

• April 10. 2021

Two important development trends of optical modules are to increase the transmission rate and extend the transmission distance. However, as the transmission rate increases, the signal transmission distance will be limited by many factors, such as chromatic dispersion, nonlinear effects, and polarization mode dispersion. These factors will limit the increase in transmission rate and trans...

• April 02. 2021

A router is a hardware device that connects two or more networks. It acts as a gateway between networks. It is a dedicated intelligent network device that reads the address in each data packet and then decides how to transmit it. Routers can be divided into backbone routers (core routers), enterprise-level routers, and access-level routers.   Generally, backbone routers have multiple optical ...