GAO Comm has announced the release of its extreme compatible 10GBASE-SR XENPAK transceiver which can be used in switches and modules that support XENPAK transceivers.

This high performance 10GBASE-SR XENPAK transceiver, model C018XX01, is a fully integrated 10.3Gbit/s optical transceiver module that consists of an 850 nm wavelength optical transmitter and receiver, XAUI interface, Mux and Demux with clock and data recovery (CDR). It is hot Z-pluggable and features up to 10.3 GBd bi-directional data links and RoHS compliance.

This transceiver uses an 850 nm VCSEL laser diode to achieve a transmission distance of up to 300 m over 50/125 multi-mode fiber. It also allows for MDIO and DOM and has SC connectors. In addition, the transceiver is compliant with XENPAK Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) Rev 3.0. Its optical interface is compliant with IEEE802.3ae and 10GBASE-SR.

This 10GBASE-SR XENPAK transceiver belongs to GAO’s family of Extreme compatible transceivers. This line includes a wide variety of Extreme compatible transceivers such as Extreme Compatible 10GBASE-ER XENPAK Transceiver which uses a cooled 1550 nm EML laser diode to achieve a transmission distance of up to 40 km over standard single mode fiber, and Extreme Compatible 1000Base-LX GBIC Transceiver which consists of two sections: the transmitter section incorporates an advanced FP laser diode and the receiver section uses an integrated InGaAs detector preamplifier (IDP) mounted in an optical header and a limiting post-amplifier IC.