InterBOARD® QSFP

20 Gb/s QSFP (Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable) InterBOARD™ Parallel   Fiber Optic Transceiver

The newly developed Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable (QSFP) transceiver is a highly integrated 4-channel optical module that provides increased port density and total system cost savings. The QSFP full-duplex optical modules offer 4 independent transmit and receive channels, each capable of 5 Gb/s operation for an aggregate bandwidth of 20Gb/s over 300 metersof optical fiber*.

The QSFP modules offer the most practical solution for DDR/SDR InfiniBandTM, 10 Gigabit Ethernet CX4 / XAUI extender, 4 x OC-48 SONET, multi-lane PCI-Express, 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel and proprietary backplane interconnections.

The QSFP transceiver modules have been designed to meet the harshest external operating conditions including temperature, humidity and EMI interference using Reflex Photonics next generation, LightABLE™packaging technology. The modules offer very high functionality and feature integration, accessible via a two-wire serial interface.

* Actual link distance depends on fiber type and data rate.

Key Benefits:

• Lowest profile hot Z-pluggable parallel transceiver (pluggable into QSFP cage through front panel of system equipment)
  
• Aggregate Bandwidth of 20 Gb/s (5 Gb/s x 4 channels)
  
• 3x Increased port density over SFP and XFP modules
  

Specifications and Features Highlights:

• 4 independent full-duplex channels
  
• Up to 5 Gb/s per channel bandwidth
  
• Low power consumption (0.9 Watts)
  
• MTP/MPO optical connector
  
• Next Generation, LightABLE™ encapsulated, 850-nm VCSEL/PD array optical sub-assembly technology
  
• Single +3.3V power supply through IPASS connector
  
• CML/LVDS/PECL compatible electrical I/O
  
• Both 62.5µm and 50µm multi mode ribbon fibers supported
  
• Digital diagnostic capabilities
  
• QSFP MSA Compliant

Applications

• High-performance computing, Datacom, Telecom and Server data links for:
  
  • Board to board interconnects
    
  • Rack to rack interconnects
    
  • System to system interconnects
    
• High-performance proprietary Backplanes
  
• 4 independent channels for high-speed data communication standards:
  
  • Infiniband™ - 4x SDR/DDR
  • SONET/SDH - OC-12 /OC-48
  • 10 Gigabit Ethernet / 4 x 3.125
  • Quad Fibre Channel (1/2/4 Gb/s)
  • PCI Express 4x
    

InterBOARD® QSFP Modules - Product Brief & Specifications