Press Releases - Centellax Releases OA4SMM5

SANTA ROSA, CALIF.----December 2009—Centellax Inc., a leading manufacturer of high performance, low-cost test equipment, announced the release of their 40G 3.3V EA Modulator Driver Amplifier.

The Centellax model no. OA4SMM5 is a small high performance broadband 40Gb/s EA optical modulator driver amplifier with low jitter, 3.3V amplitude, and excellent gain and group delay flatness to 45GHz. The driver is GRE-357 Telcordia qualified and designed for electro-optical test equipment and SONET OC-768 / STM-256 optical modulator driver applications.

Features include:

• 3.3Vp-p output swing
• 0.5ps added RMS jitter
• 6ps rise / fall time
• 20dB gain to 45GHz
• 900mW power dissipation
• Size: Small 0.77 x 1.19 x 0.26 inch

The OA4SMM5 is offered in a small modularized package with excellent performance, and is intended for transponder integration. The OA4SMM5 has gain and power levels that are ideally suited for driving 40G electro-absorption modulators. The driver has low power dissipation, ample drive signal, low added jitter, fast rise/fall times, and is easy to use with simple bias voltages. The OA4SMM5 can be biased from a standard 5V supply.

Eye Shown is a 40Gb/s input signal to OA4SMM5: 322mV height, 393mV amplitude; 424fS RMS, 2.556ps p-p jitter; 7.56ps rise, 6.56ps fall.

For more information on the 40Gb/s 3.3V EA Modulator Driver Amplifier, model no. OA4SMM5 visit: http://www.centellax.com/products/telecom/modules/OA4SMM5.

For help with this product or any Centellax products, please contact support@centellax.com or visit: www.centellax.com. For pricing and availability: sales@centellax.com.

About Centellax
Established in 2001, Centellax delivers low-cost, high-performance test instruments, test accessories and electrical components for high speed communications and signal integrity applications. Corporate headquarters is located in Santa Rosa, CA, just 90 minutes north of San Francisco.