Albis opto releases cost-effective photodiode line

April 14, 2005
April 14, 2005, Rueschlikon, Switzerland--Albis Optoelectronics today announced the release of the X-tra Small photodiode product line, a new series of photodiodes that is small in size (300 x 350 micron) and economically priced. With this latest portfolio addition, Albis extends its design library to more than 20 photodiodes.

April 14, 2005, Rueschlikon, Switzerland--Albis Optoelectronics today announced the release of the X-tra Small photodiode product line, a new series of photodiodes that is small in size (300 x 350 micron) and economically priced. With this latest portfolio addition, Albis extends its design library to more than 20 photodiodes.

The new chips incorporate photodiode technologies offering high responsivity, low capacitance and low bias voltages of typically 1.5 V, and occupy less space on TO-headers thanks to the small chip footprint. The products are qualified in accordance with Telcordia GR-468 and target the growing FTTx and 10G markets.

The XS product line consists of three new designs:

· PDCS80T-XS, a photodiode chip having a 5 GHz bandwidth for digital and analog FTTx receivers and 4G Fiber Channel modules
· PDCS60T-XS, a photodiode chip with a large 60 micron active area, a low capacitance of 200 fF and a 10 GHz bandwidth targeting 10GBase-LRM applications
· PDCS32T-XS, a photodiode chip having a 12 GHz bandwidth addressing 10G Ethernet, 10G Fiber Channel and OC-192/STM-64 applications

"Our qualified technology provides an optimum trade-off between size of the detector area and low capacitance", said Markus Blaser, Albis CTO. "This results in better sensitivity and larger bandwidths, a necessity for long wavelength multimode applications."

"The new XS product line provides a new generation of very small, low cost chips", commented Peter Cairoli, Albis CEO. "By expanding our portfolio, Albis demonstrates its dedication to the communications market that sees other photodiode manufacturers discontinuing their offerings and stepping out."

Albis has already started shipping the XS product line and encourages interested transceiver manufacturers to request samples.

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