Receiver & preamplifier, fibre optic

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OBJECT TYPE: semiconductor photodiode/APD/10Gbps
DATE: 2001
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2006.0154.001

MANUFACTURER: Bookham Technology Inc.
MODEL: NTW001AD
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Ferrous metal casing/ Metal wiring and parts/ Synthetic connector, wire covering and parts

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 3.2 cm
Width: 2.4 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Telephony
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Worldwide
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 2001+
Canada: Designed at Nortel optical lab at 3500 Carling Ave. IN 1994, Ottawa, this fibre optic device subsequently went into production at Nortel's Paignton, UK facility as the NTW001AD. Production continued with a new model designation AT10GC after Bookham Technology's purchase of Nortel's optical components division. including the Paignton facility, later that year. The AT10GC was still in production in 2005.
Function: A device used to detect an incoming optical signal, convert it to an electrical signal and amplify the output in a fibre optic network..
Technical: Operating at 2.5 Gbps, the device consists of two integrated circuits in a single package: an Indium phosphide (InP) APD detector and an indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) amplifier. An APD detector, or avalanche photodiode, has an internal region where the detected current is boosted by the application of a high negative bias voltage.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None
Missing: Unknown
Finish: Gold coloured casing/ White wire covering with blue joiner/ Red and white connector with plated part/ Plated guards
Decoration: N/A

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Bookham Technology Inc., Receiver & preamplifier, fibre optic, 2001, Artifact no. 2006.0154, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2006.0154.001/

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