Ten gigabit Optical tRansceiver iNtegrAteD circuit for pOn applications

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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.