Avago Technologies offers mini-SFP+ optical transceivers

Avago Technologies (Nasdaq: AVGO) has unveiled a pair of fiber-optic transceivers designed to increase the port density of Ethernet and storage equipment. The first mini-SFP+ (mSFP), the AFBR-54D7APZ transceiver, targets 8G Fibre Channel for storage applications; the second, the AFBR-703SNZ, is for 10-Gigabit Ethernet.

Avago asserts that both pluggable modules increase port density by 30 percent versus standard SFP+ transceivers.

Both mSFP transceivers leverage the company’s 850-nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) and PIN detector technology. The AFBR-54D7APZ module is compliant with 8.5/4.25/2.125 GBd Fibre Channel specifications, while the AFBR-703SNZ module complies with IEEE 802.3ae 10GBASE-SR standards. The devices use the SFP+ electrical connector and I2C interface, and are compliant with the Small Form Pluggable (SFP) Multi Source Agreement (MSA) electrical specifications for duplex transceivers.

August 12, 2011

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