GigOptix Announces Sampling of the New LX8240 100G Coherent TFPS Optical Modulator

Published on Thursday, 09 February 2012 09:18 Written by TradersHuddle Staff

SAN JOSE, Calif.-( Business Wire )-

GigOptix, Inc. (OTCQX:GGOX), a leading supplier of high performance electronic and electro-optic components enabling high speed end to end information streaming today announced that it has begun sampling the LX8240, a 100G Dual Polarity Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (DP-QPSK) Mach-Zehnder Modulator (MZM), based on GigOptix’s proprietary Thin Film Polymer on Silicon (TFPS) technology.

The addition of the LX8240 MZM strengthens GigOptix’s position in the fast growing 100G DWDM market and adds to GigOptix’s industry leading portfolio of 100G drivers and Transimpedance Amplifiers (TIAs). In its recent optical components report, Ovum identified 100G as the fastest growing segment within optical communications with a compound annual growth rate of 107%.

Introduced in time for the market takeoff and customer selection of optimized components for the new generation transponders, the LX8240 benefits include its ultra-small form factor, low insertion loss and low power consumption making it ideal for its use in metro, long-haul, and ultra-long haul optical transport applications. This modulator leverages GigOptix's proprietary and disruptive TFPS technology to bringing to customers low power consumption in the smallest footprint modulator available in the market.

Dr. Raluca Dinu, General Manager and Vice President of the Optics Product Line at GigOptix, stated, “Our TFPS technology modulator enables the high performance demanded by 100G coherent applications within a small form factor with very low power consumption. The continuous consumer generated demand for more bandwidth is forcing operators to upgrade to next generation 100G networks and we believe that the LX8240 addresses customers’ needs to shrink the size and power of their solutions without compromising on performance.”

The LX8240 engineering samples are manufactured on GigOptix’s production line at Sanmina-SCI in Shenzhen, China and are available for sampling now. “GigOptix’s 100G optical modulator solution is based on groundbreaking technology,” said Dave Dutkowsky, Executive Vice President of Sanmina-SCI’s Communications Networks Division. “We’re excited to have partnered with GigOptix to industrialize this leading-edge technology. Our comprehensive engineering expertise and experience coupled with Sanmina-SCI’s end-to-end supply chain solutions enable us to partner with GigOptix and bring these complex products to market quickly.”

GigOptix is also offering the TFPS modulator chips for evaluation by customers and integration into customized modules. For more information contact your local sales manager via This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

About GigOptix, Inc.

GigOptix is a leading supplier of semiconductor and optical components that enable high-speed information streaming and address emerging high-growth opportunities in the communications, industrial, defense and avionics industries. The Company offers a broad portfolio of high performance MMIC solutions that enable next generation wireless microwave systems up to 90GHz and drivers, TIAs and TFPS^TM optical modulators for 40G and 100G fiber-optic telecommunications and data-communications networks. GigOptix also offers a wide range of digital and mixed-signal ASIC solutions and enables product lifetime extension through its GigOptix Sunset Rescue Program.

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