NeoPhotonics Introduces Bi-Directional SFF & SFP Transceiver Product Line for FTTH Applications; Bi-directional SFF & SFP transceivers simplify FTTH network architectures and therefore reduce capital and operating expenses

Business Wire, Oct 3, 2005

LAS VEGAS -- NeoPhotonics today introduced their new product line of SFF & SFP Bi-Directional transceivers here at the FTTH Conference in Las Vegas. NeoPhotonics is exhibiting these new products and others at booth #516 in the Mandalay Bay Resort through October 6th.

"Bi-directional transceivers that operate over a single strand of fiber are key in lower cost FTTH applications," said Jeffrey Lo, Vice President of active components at NeoPhotonics. "The single fiber concept reduces system cost, doubles capacity and simplifies network design and fiber management. Combining this advantage with the MSA compliant form factors of SFF & SFP transceivers is key to reducing capital and operating expenditures in FTTH deployments."

"These bi-directional transceivers extend our line of SFF & SFP transceivers for Fast and Gigabit Ethernet in FTTH applications," said Tim Jenks, CEO of NeoPhotonics. "In addition to our bi-directional transceivers for FTTH applications, we also have a complete line of single mode and CWDM SFF & SFP transceivers for SONET/SDH, Ethernet and Fiber Channel applications."

Now available for initial shipments, the bi-directional transceivers operate at data rates from 125Mb/s to 1.25 Gb/s and are compliant with IEEE 802.3ah Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) standards. The devices meet the SFP and SFF-8472 MSA standards. The SFF transceivers offer various pig tailing options and the SFP transceivers are hot pluggable. The transceivers incorporate either MQW-FP or DFB lasers at 1310, 1490 and 1550 nm. The receiver designs are based on PIN diodes.

About NeoPhotonics

NeoPhotonics Corporation is a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced integrated optical modules and subsystems designed to improve the performance and lower the costs associated with backbone and access optical networks. They are at the forefront of the long sought-after integration of active and passive components enabled by state-of-the-art integration, nanomaterials and nanoscale design and fabrication technologies. Backed by leading venture capital firms and institutional investors, NeoPhotonics maintains headquarters in San Jose, California and ISO 9001:2000 certified engineering and manufacturing facilities in San Jose and Shenzhen, China.

www.neophotonics.com