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January 2007. Fujitsu
Releases the First Compact Optical SFF and SFP GPON
Transceivers Capable of Operating From -40°C to
85°C
Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu
Laboratories Ltd. today announced the development
of the world's first optical transceiver technology
capable of operating across a temperature range of
-40°C (-40°F ) to 85°C (185°F). These
devices, which can also receive burst signals widely
with varying optical power, are designed for application
in Gigabit Passive Optical Networking (GPON) systems
that are being deployed primarily in North America
to enable high speed broadband access.
Fujitsu plans to begin sales
of two optical transceiver products for Optical Line
Terminal (OLT) systems based on this new technology
in SFP(1) and SFF(2) formats at the end of April 2007.
These products will ensure system margins that tolerate
wide variations in the received optical power, resulting
in dramatic improvements in optical transmission performance
and enabling GPON equipment to be much more compact.
These features, in turn, enable much greater flexibility
in network deployments.
With ever-increasing demand
for broadband access bandwidth on both backbone networks
and residential networks, there is a strong need for
optical transceivers that can support highly-reliable,
high-capacity networks capable of delivering a wide
range of applications.
Fiber-optic lines are being
deployed in residential networks to support subscribers
increasing bandwidth requirements. These lines initially
supported transmission speeds of 150 Mbps, but currently
offer gigabit-level speeds. In North America, the
ITU-T(3) GPON standard is viewed as a likely candidate
for its affinity to existing SONET networks, with
demand expected to rise considerably. In a GPON network,
the central office equipment is connected to subscriber
premises via a star coupler, receiving subscriber
signals with time-division multiplexing. Because distances
to subscriber premises will vary, the central office
equipment must be able to receive burst signals that
vary in the received optical powers by a factor of
up to 100 times.
Furthermore, since the central
office equipment may be located outdoors, it must
be able to operate over a wide temperature range,
and a single unit should be able to accommodate multiple
optical transceivers, meaning that the transceivers
themselves should be compact.
The new Fujitsu transceivers
meet these challenges thanks to the following technological
achievements.
A proprietary chip capable of
receiving high-speed signals, with burst signals varying
in the received optical powers by a factor of more
than 1000 times,
High-efficiency heat-dissipation
construction and control circuitry for steady operation
over broad temperature ranges,
High-density mounting technology.
Fujitsu aims to increase its share
of the North American optical transceiver market for
optical subscriber line systems with the introduction
of these products.
Key
Features
1. ITU-T standard optical transceivers
These transceivers fully comply
with ITU-T G.984.2 Class B+, the standard for GPON,
with support for separate upstream and downstream
signal frequencies.
2. Wide dynamic range for incoming
burst signals gives greater system expandability
Fujitsu's proprietary CMOS chip
and burst-reception technology allow for incoming
signals with received optical powers that vary by
more than 1000 times. These transceiver performance
improvements enable GPON deployments supporting more
than the type 32 subscribers per port and at longer
distances than the industry standard 20 km.
3. Ability to withstand a broad
range of temperatures for outdoor installations
High-efficiency heat-dissipation
construction and control circuitry for stable operation
over a wide temperature range mean these transceivers
can operate reliably at temperatures from -40°C
(-40°F ) to 85°C (185°F), which make them
well-suited for installation in demanding outdoor
environments.
4. Plug-and-pull compatible for
ease of maintenance and expansion
Fujitsu's proprietary compact
device technologies and high-density mounting technologies
result in a product roughly 20% smaller than existing
optical transceivers in the SFP format. These devices
will make it easier to maintain or expand networks
without disrupting existing services.
Availability: End of April
2007
Notes
1) SFP: Small Form-Factor Pluggable. A compact transceiver
package for industry-standard gigabit bands designed
to be able to be inserted with power supply in place.
2) SFF: Small Form-Factor. An industry-standard compact
transceiver package with standardized dimensions and
pin layouts.
3) ITU-T: International Telecommunications Union-Telecommunication
Sector. International body that sets standards for
telephony and electronic communications.
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November 2006. Fujitsu's
line of cutting-edge,
high-performance optical components
contribute to build the next generation G-PON broadband
optical backbone network for telecom and datacom.
The product lineup includes:
- 300pin MSA 10Gb/s
Transponders
- 10 Gigabit Small Form Factor
Pluggable (XFP / X2/Xenpak MSA)
- Small Form Factor Pluggable
(SFP) MSA Transceivers
- Optical Modules for Passive
Optical Networks (B-PON / G-PON / GE-PON)
- Lithium Niobate (LiNbO3)
External Modulators
- Variable Chromatic
Dispersion Compensator using Virtually Imaged
Phased Array Technology ( VIPA-VDC)
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January 31, 2006. Fujitsu
Components America, Inc. today announced that
touch panel
product orders accepted after January 31, 2006 for
out-of-stock standard products will be supported with
lead-free, RoHS-compliant, equivalent product.
The change affects all products
in Fujitsus 4- and 7-wire resistive touch panel
line. The new panels will be manufactured with a Gold-plated,
flat flexible cable that replaces the current Tin-Lead
plated flex cable.
The new devices are drop-in
replacements for the companys existing touch
panel products, however, a Gold-plated connector is
necessary for terminating the new Gold-plated flex
tails to prevent corrosion at the connector contact
points.
The RoHS-compliant touch
panels have new part numbers to differentiate them
from the existing products. A cross-reference table
is available at RoHS
compliant Part Number Cross Reference. Panel pricing
is the same as or similar to the current offering.
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January 2006. Fujitsu
Components America, Inc. announced that its line
of high-transparency
touch panels was
awarded the
2005 Editors' Choice Award in the Human-Machine Interface
category by Control Engineering magazine.
Fujitsus high-transparency
touch panels were among 45 products from various categories
selected by Control Engineering editors for this years
awards. Products receiving the award are voted to
be the most
significant innovations
from the thousands featured in the 2005 North American
print edition of Control Engineering, in its monthly
and weekly e-mailed newsletters, and on its www.controleng.com
Web site. Editors judged the products based on service
to the industry, technological advancement and market
impact.
Fujitsus 4- and 7-wire
high-transparency touch panels provide OEMs, VARs
and integrators with a large variety of cost-effective,
off-the-shelf touch solutions for LCDs used in high
ambient light applications. The panels feature proprietary
Index Matching coatings on the glass and film layers
to lower reflectance losses for higher transmissivities,
which are available up to 92%. Over 10 different standard
sizes are available with various optical enhancements,
including Fujitsus industry-leading Anti-Smudge
(AS) surface.
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September 2005. Fujitsu
Components America, Inc. announced an update of
downloadable
Windows® drivers
for its thermal printer units, mechanisms and subassemblies.
Customers can access
the drivers from the companys website.
The drivers optimize the
printers performance when working in a Windows
environment. They permit the printing of bar codes,
data, graphics or special characters, which are built
into the thermal printer, in different Windows applications.
Fujitsu has the following
driver software available to download: Windows 95/98,
Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP, and Windows
Pocket PC. These include USB, serial and parallel
drivers.
The Windows drivers apply
to Fujitsus current thermal printer product
series, when using both the mechanism and I/F board,
FTP-627, -637 series; FTP-628, -638 series; FTP-628WSL;
FTP-629, -639 series, and FTP-639USL.
Fujitsus 24-volt and
battery-operated thermal printers provide rapid, quiet
printing for various applications including medical
and scientific instrumentation, point-of-sale, kiosks,
transportation and field sales. The printers, which
are available in 2-inch, 3-inch and 4-inch sizes,
can be purchased with optional interface boards and
with or without auto-cutters.
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April 2005.
Xmultiple's newest product is the FlashPoint
ShareDrive. USB flash drives are a new wave
in portable data storage. FlashPoint
ShareDrives takes this technology one step further
.data
on FlashPoint pen Drives can be copied from one pen
drive to another. And this is not the only
thing different about FlashPoint pen drives. FlashPoint
ShareDrives have an integrated female USB connector
so you can now plug a cable or another device into
the same USB port in which the FlashPoint ShareDrive
is attached. With all of this added technology to
the FlashPoint ShareDrives physical size remains the
same as most existing pen drives. FlashPoint ShareDrives
are available in three colors including white, black
and silver.
With
the FlashPoint drive technology a user does not need
a computer, laptop or palm computer to copy files
on the go. FlashPoint solves the problem of
copy files from your machine to a friends machine
when you all you have is your pen drives. FlashPoint
is a simple solution. Current USB Flash Memory Drives
can support up to 8-GB of flash memory. And this capacity
will grow within the next few months. This makes the
importance of FlashPoint data copy capability even
more important. Transporting, copying and accessing
data with Flashpoint ShareDrive is as simple as carrying
a pen. And because FlashPoint is a plug and play device
you just place it in a USB slot and it will register
with the computer as a removable drive almost instantaneously.
With FlashPoint ShareDrive the pen drive will also
have a subdirectory called "Share" which
is the file that all files will copy from when you
attach to FlashPoint drives together and copy files.
In addition, because it is a hub, you can simply plug
another device into the female connector and it recognizes
more than one device.
Unlike existing pen drives, FlashPoint
ShareDrives do have a battery integrated inside
.this
provides the power to transfer data from one FlashPoint
ShareDrive to another
.but it is an extremely
small battery which occupies virtually no room in
the pen drive. FlashPoint is the first product to
take flash drive technology to a point where the a
users data and information can be easily transported
and copied. FlashPoint works With All USB Devices
and are designed to work on both Windows and Mac platforms,
and with all USB devices, including USB 2.0 (Hi-Speed).
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April 2004.
Fujitsu Components America
has expanded its 7-wire resistive touch panel offering
with the addition of a 17-inch (diagonal) standard
product. The company now offers OEMs and VARs a line
of standard 7-wire touch panels ranging in size from
8.4 inches to 17 inches. The new 17-inch panel is
targeted for man-machine interface functions in instrumentation,
process controls, intelligent kiosks and other emerging
applications such as electronic voting machines. It
accepts either pen or finger input, has a minimum
input life of ten million operations, 80 percent minimum
transparency and an operating temperature range of
5 to 60 degrees C.
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May 2003. Fujitsu
Components America, Inc., a touch panel manufacturer,
and Apollo
Displays, a manufacturer and value-added distributor
of display products, have joined forces and introduced
a new line of touch-integrated display kits for fine-pixel
LCDs. The kits are designed to save time and money
by simplifying the integration of a LCD with a touch
panel for various applications.
The new Apollo LCD Smart Kits take the guesswork out
of choosing the right touch panel for the LCD and
the application, and eliminate the task of tracking
down all the right parts and integrating them together.
Apollo matched up its Optrex LCDs with Fujitsu's standard
4- and 7-wire resistive touch panels, and offers them
as a standard integrated assembly. The result is more
than 23 different assemblies of LCDs with touch panels
in sizes ranging from 5.7" to 15". In addition,
the kits include a touch controller, and offer choices
of SBC (LVDS), ARGB, and DVI video interfaces.
Apollo offers full engineering and technical support
for the Smart Kits. They can also further customize
the products to enhance the LCD output, provide custom
enclosures or mountings, and meet special optical
requirements, including using special Fujitsu touch
panel features such as high-transparency and circular
polarization.
The Apollo Smart Kits are
available immediately from stock.
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April 2003. Fujitsu
Components America, Inc. has introduced a new
series of compact thermal printer mechanisms with
200mm-per-second print output speeds. The company
also added a high-speed serial and USB interface board
to the series in addition to its standard serial and
parallel offerings.
The 24VDC-driven, FTP-609MCL054/354
printer series is targeted to applications
such as kiosks, POS/ECR, ticketing machines, label
printers, banking machines, test/measurement devices,
and medical equipment. The printers have a print resolution
of 8 dots/mm and are capable of outputting a variety
of characters and graphics in two colors (red/black
or blue/black) if desired.
The series includes both 2-inch and 3-inch
mechanisms with optional auto cutters capable of full or partial
cuts. A 2-inch printer with a mounted cutter measures a compact
40.5mm (D) x 82.2mm (W) x 20.5mm (H). A 3-inch model has a width
of 104.2mm.
The printers are constructed of die-cast metal,
which provides mounting stability as well as shock and vibration
resistance. This metal frame also functions as both a heat sink
and an outlet for electrostatic discharge. It also enables the printers
extended operating temperature range of -10°C to +55°C.
The printer series is designed with
rear paper insertion, allowing a straight paper path for labels
or tickets. A platen release lever allows access to the print head
without tools for easy maintenance.
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October 2002.
Fujitsu Components America,
Inc. today announced it has added a line of 4-wire
resistive touch panels for high-temperature applications.
The new touch panels meet the temperature, humidity,
vibration, and shock requirements for the automotive
environment, as well as other high-temperature environments
such as factory floors, warehouses, and remotely located
control stations.
The full-custom, FID-554
series consists of film-on-glass touch panels designed
for use with transmissive and transflective LCDs.
Available in various sizes up to 12.1-inches diagonal,
the panels address touch-interface applications such
as instrumentation, control systems, GPS navigation
systems, electronics entertainment, and telematics.
The touch panels have a continuous
operating temperature range of -30 to +85 degrees
C at up to 95% humidity. They measure 1.4mm thick,
have a 3H minimum surface hardness rating, and an
operating life of more than one million operations.
Fujitsu offers the new panels
with a range of options for specific applications.
These include polarization filters, anti-reflection
coatings, and anti-glare treatments to enable high
contrast, sunlight readability, and up to 92% transmissivity.
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September 2002.
Fujitsu Components America, Inc. has updated its list
of drivers for use with its lines of thermal printers,
resistive touch panels, keyboards and other input
devices.
Follow
this link to be taken to the drivers page on the Fujitsu website!
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September 2002.
A compact and ultra-high-speed thermal printer unit is now available
from Fujitsu Components America, Inc.
The units high reliability and compact design is targeted
to high-end kiosk output applications such as POS, ATM, receipt
and ticket issuing equipment.
To download
a complete datasheet detailing this new printer assembly, click
here.
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