TriQuint Intros DWDM, XFP

BREINIGSVILLE, Penn. -- TriQuint Optoelectronics (Nasdaq: TQNT), a leader in active optical component and module technology, today announced the availability of two new components designed to reduce the cost of line side metro dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) transmission at both 2.5Gb/s and 10Gb/s. TriQuint's new components will debut at the 30th Annual European Conference & Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC) in Stockholm, Sweden, September 6-8.

At 2.5Gb/s, the new D2575 extends the reach and output power of TriQuint's directly modulated laser (DML) portfolio in a standard butterfly package. The D2575 offers a reach up to 200km over standard fiber with a modulated output power of +7 dBm. This higher performance allows an economical DML solution to be used for spans up to 200km, and is a lower power consumption alternative to electroabsorption modulated lasers (EMLs). The D2575 is currently sampling in C-band wavelengths, with C-band production and L-band sampling scheduled for 1Q05.

At 10Gb/s, TriQuint offers the new E4560 and E4561 EML products that feature more than 0.5 dBm output power for both 800 ps/nm (40km, E4560) and 1600 ps/nm (80km, E4561) reaches. In addition to SONET/SDH versions, the E4560 and E4561 are also now available for sampling across C-band wavelengths for DWDM applications, with production ramping through 1Q05. The E456x series is available in an industry-standard 7-pin half-butterfly configuration.

"TriQuint Optoelectronics continues to bring additional value to our customers by offering high performance components targeted for both line card and module applications. The D2575 and E456x products will be offered at a minimal premium over their lower-performance counterparts," said Erin Byrne, Product Marketing Manager, TriQuint Optoelectronics.

---In a separate release---

BREINIGSVILLE, Penn. -- TriQuint Optoelectronics (Nasdaq: TQNT), a leader in active optical component and module technology, today announced the availability of XFP MSA compliant 10Gb/s transceivers for SONET/SDH 40km (short haul) and 80km (long haul), as well as 10 Gigabit Ethernet 40km (extended reach) applications. These new transceivers offer customers superior performance by utilizing TriQuint's proven EML optical engines. The new modules will debut at the 30th Annual European Conference & Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC) in Stockholm, Sweden, September 6-8.

"Our customers can now purchase 40km and 80km XFP transceivers from one of the industry's long-standing suppliers, thus reducing supply chain risk," said Ray Aubert, Product Marketing Manager, TriQuint Optoelectronics. "TriQuint has been a well-recognized, leading supplier of EML engines which are incorporated into these products. This allows TriQuint to offer XFPs with highly superior performance."

The 10Gb/s XFP transceivers utilize TriQuint's QubeTM optical engines, which are form-factor 'agnostic' and can be used in any small form factor 2.5Gb/s and 10Gb/s pluggable transceiver, as well as small form factor 300-pin transponders. The new transceivers are designed for use in network transmission systems and operate at SONET OC-192 standard and FEC rates, while for SDH, they operate at STM-64 standard and FEC rates, according to the ITU-T G.959.1 and G.691 standards. For high-speed data communications, the transceivers can operate at both 10G Ethernet rate and 10G Fibre Channel rate according to the IEEE 802.3ae standards.

Both the 40km and 80km XFP transceivers use TriQuint's new 10Gb/s optical engines that are based on the company's proprietary planar packaging technology, which allows integration of increased functionality such as internal drivers and differential data inputs. The cooled TQubeTM 1000 engine and a PIN receiver, the RQubeTM P1000, are used in the NLX40, the 40km XFP transceiver. The cooled TQubeTM 1000 engine and an APD version, the RQubeTM A1000, are used in the NLX80 XFP to provide transmission up to 80km.

TriQuint's XFPs offer low power dissipation (under 4 watts) at 70º(C) case temperature. Receiver sensitivity for the NLX80 80km (G.959.1 P1L1-2D2) XFP is -26dBm (or better) - performance that makes this product one of the industry's best.

TriQuint Semiconductor Inc.