Oct 6 2010
Provider of electro-optic and electronic components, GigOptix has announced that it will continue to receive federal assistance for the On-Chip Integrated Photonic Polymer Transceiver program.
The federal support will allow the company to develop the Thin Film Polymer on Silicon modulators to the rigorous temperature stability needed by the military standards. The U.S. Senator Patty Murray helped in securing $5 million funding, which is a part of the 2011 Department of Defense Appropriations bill.
GigOptix will start testing the integrated driver using an optical modulator on a BiCMOS wafer. The company will complete the receiver side’s integration on individual chips for the 400 Gbps optical communication systems. The existing technologies are energy-intensive and quite large to maintain the expected bandwidth growth levels in the forthcoming years.
The funds will speed up the development of more energy-efficient communication and power systems. The systems will offer precise data and will allow the military to sustain its standards in the communications technology.
GigOptix’s CEO, Dr. Avi Katz stated that the funding would help the company to create new job opportunities for skillful and highly educated developers, engineers and scientists of America. Katz added that the funding has been a vital contributor to the company’s efforts to develop high-tech components.
Source: http://www.gigoptix.com