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，加上新兴的“物联网”，使我们的宽带网络紧张，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15mbps，英国目前的基础设施几乎无法满足现有的需求。考虑到欧盟通过欧洲数字议程设定的目标，即到2020年普及高速宽带（30Mbps）和超高速宽带（100Mbps）覆盖率达到50%，显然还有很多工作要做。无源光网络（PON）提供了世界上大部分的光纤宽带。尽管PON内的光纤电缆可以提供几乎无限的带宽（1-4Tbps），但当前技术的高成本决定了PON目前的能力被限制在2.5Gbps。高光半导体有限公司设计了一种高度创新的概念验证方法，用于升级PON的关键节点，以提供10gbps的速度。我们的方法简单而廉价，优于所有现有的替代方法。我们现在已经为下一步做好了准备，那就是把这个概念发展到成功的原型阶段。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个高技能的世界级工作岗位。

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.