Mercury Series Mil-Dtl-38999 Ethernet Optical Media Converters Simplify Military or Commercial Network Implementations and Improve Ethernet Optical Network Performance and Reliability
 

Kingsport, TN, June 2, 2008 -- Protokraft today announced the introduction of the Mercury Series of Mil-Dtl-38999 Ethernet Optical Media Converters to simplify avionics equipment designs and improve Ethernet network performance and reliability in harsh environment applications. Protokraft adds the new Mercury series to its previously announced Spitfire,  Lightning and Magnum series of harsh environment optoelectronic interfaces to offer a comprehensive optical component solution for Military and Commercial avionics optical networks.

The Mercury Series of Mil-Dtl-38999 Ethernet Optical Media Converter are available in Single and Dual port versions and are designed for military, aerospace, industrial or utility applications where significant levels of shock, vibration and extreme temperature ranges are experienced. Mercury series Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet media converters consist of optoelectronic transmitter and receiver functions integrated along with the Ethernet media conversion circuitry into a wall mount Mil-Dtl-38999 connector assembly. The optical transmitters are high output 850nM VCSEL lasers or 1310nm LED’s. The optical receivers consist of GaAs or InGaAs PIN and preamplifier assemblies and limiting post-amplifiers.