1. Jinesh Karia Rakesh Soni James Cummings Elisa Hurwitz Bishan Patel
Senior Design Project: Group IV
10 Gigabit Ethernet Optical Transceiver
Group Members:
Jinesh Karia
Rakesh Soni
James Cummings
Elisa Hurwitz
Bishan Patel

2. SO FAR, SO GOOD… Website is up on ECE domain.
Finished building Maxim receiver board.
Researched PD and VCSEL vendors and prices of parts.

3. GANTT CHART

4. Soldering…

5. TECHNICALLY SPEAKING…
VCSEL Characteristics
Photodiode Characteristics

6. VCSEL Characteristics
802.3z Standards
Vendor: Honeywell
Speed (Gbps)
Slope Efficiency (mW/mA), at 850 nm
Threshold current (mA)
HFE (SC connectorized)
Minimum
1.25
0.06
1.5
Typical
0.15
3.5
Maximum
0.3 6

7. Photodiodes 802.3z Standards Vendors: Hamamatsu and Lasermate
Speed (GHz)
Responsivity (A/W), 740 nm
Capacitance (pF)
Active Area (mm, dia.)
S7911 (unconnectorized)
Typical 2
0.47
0.45
0.1
S7912 (unconnectorized)
1.5
0.85
0.2
RSC-M65A306 (connectorized)
Minimum
0.35 --
Hamamatsu:
Lasermate:

8. COMING UP NEXT… Continue researching vendors for parts.
Completing building and testing of Maxim test board.
Order parts from vendors.

9. QUESTIONS?