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Article: Leading Optical Receiver Manufacturers Announce 100G MSA.
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- Electronics Newsweekly
- Article date:
- September 30, 2009
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High-speed optical components companies, Picometrix, LLC, an Advanced Photonix company (NYSE Amex: API) and u2t Photonics AG, have agreed to establish a multisource agreement (MSA) to define an industry standard, cost-effective form factor for coherent fiber optic receivers for use in both 100G and 40G DP-QPSK telecommunication systems.
The MSA, named CCRx (Compact Coherent Receiver), provides the receiver form factor, pin function definitions, pin locations, and functionality in a compact optical receiver package designed to enable rapid product development and ease of component procurement for optical transponder and line card manufacturers.
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