Protokraft and Souriau Combine Souriau’s Avionics Industry-Leading ELIO® Fiber Optic Connectors with Protokraft’s Sabre Series High Speed Optoelectronic Solutions to Improve Avionics Optical Network Performance and Reliability

Kingsport, TN, February 11, 2010 -- Protokraft today announced the availability of its Sabre Series of high speed optoelectronic solutions that improve optical network performance and reliability in harsh environment applications. Protokraft teamed with Souriau; one of the world’s leading suppliers of military / aerospace interconnects; to offer a high performance D38999 / ELIO® based optical component solution for avionics optical networks.

Protokraft has introduced the Sabre Series of high speed optoelectronic solutions with Souriau’s ELIO® optical interfaces, designed for military, aerospace, industrial or utility applications where significant levels of shock, vibration and extreme temperature ranges are experienced. These components integrate the functions of optical transmitters or receivers into the shell of a standard D38999 / ELIO® size 09-01 optical connector. These components are intended for use in harsh environments where small size, weight reduction and resistance to harsh environments are valued.  Protokraft Sabre series high speed optoelectronic solutions consist of fiber optic transmitter or receiver functions integrated into an environmentally sealed D38999 shell with a Souriau ELIO® optical interface per ARINC 818, 801, 803 & 804.  The Sabre series optoelectronic transmitters and receivers have an ELIO® 2.5mm ceramic optical fiber ferrule connector interface per EN 4531 and ABS 1213 & 1379 and are intermateable with Souriau ELIO® size 09-01 connectors.

The optical transmitters are high performance 850nm VCSEL's. The optical receivers consist of GaAs PIN and preamplifier assemblies and limiting post-amplifiers.   The optical interface to the Sabre series Ethernet optical transmitters and receivers is a Souriau ELIO® connector enabling interconnection to preterminated ELIO® based optical fiber cable assemblies.  The electrical interface to the Sabre series optical media converters is a six position solder pin field facilitating easy interconnection to printed circuit cards, backplanes or flexible printed circuits. The transmitter input lines are driven with differential CML, LVDS or LVPECL signals applied to the Transmit (TX+ and TX-) pins. The optical receivers consist of PIN and preamplifier assemblies and limiting post-amplifiers. Electrical outputs from the receivers consist of differential CML, LVDS or LVPECL data signals on the Receive (RX+ and RX-) pins and single ended CMOS signal detect functions with output squelch on the Signal Detect (SD) pins.