Coherent announces new integrated circuits for optical transceivers
The company says the new product family, which includes a 4-channel driver for silicon photonics Mach-Zehnder modulators, offers industry-leading performance and lower power consumption, enabling network operators to scale
Coherent has announced a new family of quad-channel integrated circuits that the company says enable faster, more efficient optical transceivers for cloud, AI, and telecom networks.
The new set of products includes a 4-channel driver for silicon photonics Mach-Zehnder modulators designed for 800G and 1.6T pluggable modules, as well as a chipset consisting of a 4-channel differential transimpedance amplifier and a Mach-Zehnder modulator driver amplifier for 400G ZR/ZR+ coherent optical links. Together, Coherent says these ICs deliver industry-leading performance with lower power consumption, helping network operators scale capacity while reducing energy use. All the ICs feature an integrated 10-bit monitoring ADC and are fully controllable through a 4-wire SPI interface, the company adds.
“Coherent continues to extend its fibre-optic ASIC portfolio with solutions that are critical to the future of high-speed networks,” said Beck Mason, executive VP of semiconductor devices at Coherent. “By making these products available to the open market, we are enabling faster adoption of 400G and 800G technologies and supporting the next wave of innovation in cloud and AI connectivity.”
