Overview
A Fiber Optic Transceiver is a device that uses optical technology to send and receive data. The transceiver has the electronic component to condition and encode/decode data into light pulses. After the encoding, they are then sent to the other end as electrical signals. To send data as light pulse, it makes use of a light source that is primarily controlled by the electronic parts. To receive the light pulses, it makes use of the photodiode semiconductor.
These transceivers feature both transmitter and receiver characteristics. They are essential for today's Ethernet Network. A Fiber Transceiver helps integrate both old and new network components. If you are expanding your network's capacity, an optical transceiver can help transceiver media signals for different equipment and applications.
How Fiber Optic Transceivers works?
A Fiber Optic Transceiver is a device that uses optical technology to send and receive data. The transceiver has the electronic component to condition and encode/decode data into light pulses. After the encoding, they are then sent to the other end as electrical signals. To send data as light pulse, it makes use of a light source that is primarily controlled by the electronic parts. To receive the light pulses, it makes use of the photodiode semiconductor.
These transceivers feature both transmitter and receiver characteristics. They are essential for today's Ethernet Network. A Fiber Transceiver helps integrate both old and new network components. If you are expanding your network's capacity, an optical transceiver can help transceiver media signals for different equipment and applications.
How Fiber Optic Transceivers works?
In the fiber optics dimension, information is terminated in the form of pulses of light. The light pulses can be converted into electrical ones to be utilized by an electronic device. The transmitter will convert an electrical signal into an optical signal that has been coupled to a connector then transmitted over a fiber optic cable. The light which is from the of the cable is then coupled with a receiver in which the detector will convert the light back electrically.
These small hot swapped pluggable interfaces provide physical layer signaling for data, storage, voice and video transport network over your WDM, DWDM, and CWDM configurations.
Fiber Optic Transceivers Sources
The source for the
transceivers need to meet some criteria;
1. Must be at the right/correct wavelength
2. Must be able to modulate quite fast and transmit data.
3. Must coupled efficiently into the fiber.
The four types of the sources that are commonly used are;
- LEDs
- Fabry-Perot (FP) Lasers
1. Must be at the right/correct wavelength
2. Must be able to modulate quite fast and transmit data.
3. Must coupled efficiently into the fiber.
The four types of the sources that are commonly used are;
- LEDs
- Fabry-Perot (FP) Lasers
- Distribute Feedback Lasers (DFL)
- Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs)
How data travels
Data can usually travel only in one way in fiber optic cable. This therefore makes most transceivers to have two ports to facilitate bi-directional communication. One is for sending, and the other is for receiving. Alternatively, a single cable can be used. However, it can only send or receive data at a time but not both. The opposite end of the transceiver has a special connector for fitting it into specific models of enterprise-grade Ethernet switches, routers, firewalls and network interface cards. A modern FIBER TRANSCEIVER is a small device because it is intended to be plugged into the aforementioned network devices. This is what makes them be called small form-factor pluggable transceiver.
- Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs)
How data travels
Data can usually travel only in one way in fiber optic cable. This therefore makes most transceivers to have two ports to facilitate bi-directional communication. One is for sending, and the other is for receiving. Alternatively, a single cable can be used. However, it can only send or receive data at a time but not both. The opposite end of the transceiver has a special connector for fitting it into specific models of enterprise-grade Ethernet switches, routers, firewalls and network interface cards. A modern FIBER TRANSCEIVER is a small device because it is intended to be plugged into the aforementioned network devices. This is what makes them be called small form-factor pluggable transceiver.
Benefits of pluggable Fiber Optic Transceivers
1. Easy to replace or repair
These pluggable receivers are easy to replace or repair and can be placed in a variety of applications. In most cases, they do not have to be powered down for replacement. If the device malfunctions, it just requires an upgrade.
2. Compatible with many other devices
They are compatible with many other devices including discrete components. They are also compatible with multiple setup across both fiber optic and copper channels. Whether you need both long and short distance communication, they can just apply.
3. Communication Distance
Fiber Optic Transceivers are adept at passing data and information across fiber from one network to the next. Communication is possible because of the copper wiring or fiber optics through which signals are being sent.
4. Data Rate
Transceivers are typically sold with the set speed that moves data. High rates mean that there are better transfers. The speed range from 1 Gbps to 1O Gbps. Mission critical applications will be closer to 10 Gbps range than the other applications.
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