The Common Fiber Optic Transceivers on the Market

Fiber Optic Transceivers are devices that both transmit

and receive data. Fiber Optic Transceiver is typically
used in computer

networks to

translate signals

between optical and electric networks. In other words,

the sending side of it transfers the electrical signals
into optical signals, and then transmitted by the fiber,
the receiving side transfers the optical signals into
electrical signals. In this article, I will introduce three
kinds of commonly used transceivers: SFP, 10G SFP+
Transceivers & 40G QSFP Transceivers.
SFP Transceivers
The SFP (small form-factor pluggable) is a compact,
hot-swappable, input/output transceiver used in data
communications
networks. SFP
Gigabit

and

telecommunications

transceiver supports

Ethernet,

Fibre

SONET

Channel

and

SDH,
other

communications standards. SFP is also called mini

GBIC because its function is similar to the GBIC
transceiver, but its dimensions are much smaller than

GBIC. GBIC transceiver have gradually been taken out

of the from the market because of the higher density
data center.

The Classification of SFP Transceiver

Classified

by

rating: 155M/622M/1.25G/2.125G/4.25G.
1.25G

SFP

modules

market.Classified

are
by

widely
the

155M

used

in

and
the

wavelength:

850nm/1310nm/1550nm/1490nm/1530nm/1610nm.
The Multi-Mode SFP modules wavelength is 850nm,
and the transmission distance is below 2km.The

Single-Mode

modules

wavelength

is

1310nm

or

1550nm and the transmission distance is over 2km.

Different color ring stands for different wavelength
modules: Black pull ring is presented to Multi-Mode
SFP modules and the wavelength is 850nm. Blue,
Purple, Yellow Pull rings are presented to Single-Mode
SFP modules Blue is the 1310nm module; purple is
the 1490nm module; yellow is the 1550nm module.
SFP+ Transceivers
The SFP+ (enhanced small form-factor pluggable) is
an upgrade version of SFP transceiver which is more
compact in size than SFP module. It supports 8 Gbit/s
Fiber

Channel,

transport

10

network

Gigabit
standard

Ethernet
OTU2.

and

optical

10G

SFP+

transceiver offers 10 Gigabit Ethernet rates for data

center and it complies with the requirements of the
IEEE 802.3 10GBASE-SR/LR/LRM/LW Ethernet standard.
By now, 10G SFP module technology is increasingly
maturing and the demand of it increases quickly.

QSFP/QSFP+ Transceivers
The QSFP (Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable) is a

compact, hot-pluggable transceiver employed to 40G

data communications applications. To meet the 40G
markets needs, QSFP transceiver possesses higher
density

with

hot-pluggable

functions.

It is

more

efficient than four channels CX4 interface, no matter

what it is in speed or in density. The QSFP transceiver
supports Ethernet, Fiber Channel, InfiniBand and
SONET/SDH

standards

with

different

data

rate.

TheQSFP+transceiver supports Serial Attached SCSI,

40G Ethernet, QDR (40G) and FDR (56G) Infiniband
and other communications standards. It improves the
port-density of 3-4 times compared to SFP+ modules.
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information