reliable and feasible technology for more than one gigabit over standard SI-POF

COMPANY PROFILE

KDPOF is a Spanish company located in Madrid whose mission is the development of technology for high capacity communications over Large Core Plastic Optical Fiber (POF), covering from the system definition to the digital integrated circuits design.

KDPOF technology is not only a proof of concept of high speed communications over POF. We have as objective the implementation of cost effective electronic circuits that will enable data-rates over POF of more than 1 Gbits/s based on nowadays microelectronics.

Our POF communication technology combines key elements belonging to the state of the art of digital communications and information theory to provide an adaptive and efficient system able to work over a wide range of optoelectronics and cheap large core POF.

Our design flow based on hierarchically structured software patterns enable us for the coupled optimization of all the parts of the system. For example, considering a coupled design of analogue and digital parts for the capacity maximization of transmissions over POF.

Our design flow also enables for iterative design based on very detailed models and agile simulations, providing drastic reduction of the risks, costs and time-to-market.

KDPOF technology provides great improvements in several applications:

1. •Very long reach applications, as industrial Fast Ethernet where the most important objective is to maximize the coverage of 100 Mbps at lengths around 300 meters of standard SI-POF preserving the electromagnetic interference immunity. Current products provide 100 Mbps up to 80 meters.
   

2. •Long reach applications, as access networks. We show that more than 400 Mbps could be provided at lengths around 200 m of standard SI-POF.
   

3. •Short reach applications, as home networks, telecom interconnect and automotive infotainment networks, where more than 1 Gbps can be provided in the range of 100 meters of standard SI-POF. Current products only provides 1Gbps up to 10 meters and 100 Mbps up to 80 meters  for home network applications and up to 150 Mbps in automotive applications like MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport).
   

from the concept ...

... to the ASIC

... prototyping ...

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