With the increasing demand for data transmission in the market, it also promotes the development of the whole optical communication market. And AOC active optical cable is a necessity of data transmission. AOC is a kind of communication cable that needs to use external energy to convert electrical signal into optical signal or optical signal into electrical signal. The optical transceivers at both ends of the optical cable provide photoelectric conversion and optical transmission functions. Next, ETU will introduce 100g QSFP28 AOC active optical cable.

What are the structures of active optical cable?

The main components of the active optical cable are divided into two parts: optical path and circuit. The optical path part includes the lens and FA for converting the optical path angle. The circuit includes PCB, substrate, VCSEL chip, VCSEL driver chip, PD chip and TIA chip. As the main transmission medium of high-performance computer and data center, active optical cable ensures the stability of transportation and the flexibility of application, which is common in high-density applications.

100G QSFP28 AOC features

v Four channel full duplex active optical cable

v Multimode fiber connected high performance VCSEL light source

v Length can be customized

v Power dissipation<3.5W

v Operating temperature: 0°C ~ 70°C

v 3.3V working voltage

v RoHS compliant

v Hot pluggable support

100G QSFP28 AOC

It integrates four data channels in each direction with a bandwidth of 100 Gbps. Each channel can run to 70m at 28.05gbps using OM3 fiber or 100m using OM4 fiber. These modules are designed to use a multimode fiber system with a nominal wavelength of 850nm. The electrical interface uses 38 connectors of the contact edge type. The optical interface uses 12 fiber MTP (MPO) connectors.

100G QSFP28 AOC PN:

100G QSFP28 to 2*50G QSFP28 AOC

The 100G QSFP28 to 2x50G QSFP28 AOC is a 100 meter multimode fiber (MMF) designed for optical interconnection links. Based on vertical integrated VCSEL array technology, qsfp28 MSA compatible high-density connector design is adopted. 100G QSFP28 - 2x 50G QSFP28 AOC components are compact, light and low power consumption.

100G QSFP28 to 4*25G SFP28 AOC

The breakthrough fiber optic cable from QSFP28 to 4x25G SFP28 provides IT professionals with a cost-effective interconnection solution combining 100G QSFP28 and 25G SFP28 enabling host adapters, switches, and servers.

100G QSFP28 AOC Application:

Active optical cable is widely used in high-density data center for its advantages of long transmission distance, fast transmission speed and convenient use. ETU-Link's 100G QSFP28 AOC and other active optical cable products have high stability, strong compatibility and customized length.