LOMBARD, Ill. -- Corona Optical Systems, Inc., an innovative producer of high-speed optoelectronic components and subsystems, today announces it has begun customer sampling of the world’s first OC-768 VSR parallel optical transmitter and receiver pairs. The optoelectronic devices facilitate efficient, high-speed optical connections in communications and data networking equipment. Corona’s modules feature a throughput of 40 Gb/s in a 13mm x 13mm BGA package—roughly the size of a dime—making them the smallest parallel devices available.Bryan R. Gregory, Corona President & CEO, stated, “Corona’s innovative, leading edge products enable OEMs to meet their bandwidth, density and manufacturability goals for tomorrow’s 40Gig systems.” In addition to size, speed and reliability, Corona’s parallel optical modules feature a Pick & Place compatible BGA package. They are true surface mount devices and can be configured with multiple heatsink options. Corona’s devices can also be made available on Tape and Reel.Corona Optical Systems Inc.