Receiver & preamplifier, fibre optic
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- OBJECT TYPE
- semiconductor photodiode/APD/10Gbps
- DATE
- 2002
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2006.0152.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Nortel Networks
- MODEL
- NTW606AE
- LOCATION
- Paignton, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- MSA00011.001
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Ferrous metal casing/ Metal wiring and parts/ Synthetic connector, wire covering and parts/ Paper label
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 1.5 cm
- Width
- 1.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Nortel
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Paignton
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Designed at Nortel optical lab at 3500 Carling Ave., Ottawa, this is a pre-production sample manufactured at Nortel's Paignton, UK facility in 2002. Production continued with a new model designation AT10GC [see 2006.0153) after Bookham Technology's purchase of Nortel's optical components division. including the Paignton facility, later that year. The AT10GC was still in production in 2005 and sold for about $200. Its main application was in metropolitan (metro) fibre optic networks. - Function
-
A device used to detect an incoming optical signal, convert it to an electrical signal and amplify the output in a fibre optic network. - Technical
-
This is a third generation receiver designed for the OC192 optical network standard. Operating at 10 Gbps, it consists of two integrated circuits in a single package: an Indium phosphide (InP) APD detector and a silicon germanium (SiGe) amplifier. An APD detector, or avalanche photodiode, has an internal region where the detected current is boosted by the application of a high negative bias voltage. Compared to the first generation NT8L73PA (a pin detector), this device has a lower power consumption and only 1/10 the volume. Because it can be surface mounted, assembly on a circuit board is easier and cheaper. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Black lettering on label reads on one side 'NORTEL/ NETWORKS/ Date 0233 Rel A01/ Made in England' and on other side 'Type NTW606AE/ Serial MSA00011.001'
- Missing
- Unknown
- Finish
- Gold coloured casing with plated parts/ Light grey wire covering with blue joiner/ Blue and yellow connector/ White label/ Plated guards
- Decoration
- N/A
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Nortel Networks, Receiver & preamplifier, fibre optic, 2002, Artifact no. 2006.0152, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2006.0152.001/
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