Electronic Design

New ICs Turn Passive Optical Networks Into Reality

The ultimate home or office broadband connection consists of optical fiber. While it has been too expensive for local loop connections, fiber's cost is beginning to drop. Recent developments have ...
Nature

Passive Optical Networks and Access Network Technologies

Passive Optical Networks (PONs) have established themselves as a pivotal technology in the evolution of access networks, offering a cost-effective and energy-efficient solution to support ...
Electronic Design

What’s The Difference Between EPON And GPON Optical Fiber Networks?

EPON and GPON are popular versions of passive optical networks (PONs). These short-haul networks of fiber-optical cable are used for Internet access, voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), and digital ...
EDN

Optical network chips power home gateway units

Gemtek has selected MaxLinear’s PRX 10G passive optical network (PON) chips for its mid-market Wi-Fi 6 AX3000 PON home gateway units (HGUs). In addition to the PRX series G-PON and XGS-PON devices, ...