Ten gigabit Optical tRansceiver iNtegrAteD circuit for pOn applications

企业和国内消费者对带宽密集型应用的需求不断增加，沿着新兴的"物联网"，正在使我们的宽带网络变得紧张，并可能导致数据需求超过供应。欧盟光纤到户（FTTH）委员会指出，“快速宽带基础设施现在是确保城市和地区经济繁荣的决定性因素”。Ofcom报告称，2013年英国的平均网速为15Mbpsin，英国目前的基础设施几乎无法满足现有需求。很明显，当人们考虑到欧盟通过欧洲的数字议程，无源光网络（PON）提供了世界上大部分的光纤宽带，虽然PON中的光纤电缆可以提供几乎无限的带宽（1 - 100Mbps），但是PON中的光纤电缆可以提供几乎无限的带宽（1 - 100Mbps）。4Tbps），当前技术的高成本决定了PON的当前能力被限制在2.5Gbps。HiLight Semiconductor Ltd设计了一种高度创新的方法来升级PON的关键时刻，以提供10Gbps的速度。我们的方法简单、便宜，优于所有现有的替代品。我们现在已经准备好进行下一步，即将概念开发到成功的原型阶段。在完成该项目的5年内（2022年），我们预计我们的解决方案将分别产生2800万英镑和2000万英镑的累计收入和利润，从而创造52个高技能世界级就业岗位。

Increasing demand for bandwidth-intensive applications by businesses and domesticconsumers, along with the emerging ‘Internet of Things’, is straining our broadband networksand could lead to data demand outpacing supply. The EU Fibre to the Home (FTTH) Councilstates that “fast broadband infrastructure is now a determining factor in ensuring the economicfortunes of cities and regions”. With Ofcom reporting that average UK speeds were 15Mbpsin 2013, the UK’s current infrastructure is barely capable of servicing existing demand. It isclear that much needs to be done, when one considers that the EU, through Europe’s DigitalAgenda, has set targets of universal fast broadband (30Mbps) and >50% take up of ultra-highspeedbroadband (100Mbps) by 2020.Passive Optical Networks (PON) provide the majority of the world’s fibre-optic broadband.Although the fibre optic cable within PONs can provide practically unlimited bandwidth (1-4Tbps), the high cost of current technology dictates that PON’s current capability is restrictedto 2.5Gbps. HiLight Semiconductor Ltd has devised a Proof of Concept for a highlyinnovative approach to upgrading a critical juncture of PON in order to deliver 10Gbpsspeeds. Our approach is simple and inexpensive, outperforming all existing alternatives. Weare now ready for the next step which is to develop the concept through to a successfulprototype stage.Within 5 years of completing this project (2022) we expect our solution to generatecumulative revenue and profit of £28million and £20million respectively, in turn creating 52highly skilled world-class jobs.