100Gbps QSFP28 Active Optical Cable
Description
The active optical cables (AOC) that allows bi-directional 100Gbps transmission suitable for high performance computing (HPC) clustering and other high-throughput data network, with advantages such as high speed, high density, low latency, low power consumption and light weight.
Features
> Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable (QSFP)
> Maximum Aggregate Data Rate 100Gbps
> EDR, FDR, QDR, DDR, SDR (Infiniband)
> 10/25/40/100G Ethernet
> Bi-directional parallel link
> BER<1e-12 From 0 to 50 degree case temp
> CDR no/off automatically
> 10/14/25/28Gb/s per lane, x4 channels
> Up to 70m (OM3)
> Up to 100m (OM4)
> Low power consumption
> Round multi-mode fiber array
> 850nm VCSEL four array
> PIN diode four array
> Hot-Pluggable
> I2C management interface
> 3.3V power supply voltage
> Maximum 2W power consumption
Standard
> Compliant with IEEE 802.3bm 100GBASE SR4
> Compliant with InfiniBand EDR,FDR,QDR,DDR,SDR
> Compliant with QSFP MSA(SFF-8665,SFF-8661)
> Compliant with QSFP Common Management SFF-8636
> RoHS Compliant:lead-free
Applications
>Low-latency and high-speed interconnections for high performance computing(HPC)
>100G Ethernet
>Other high-throughput data transmission Network
Performance Specifications
Absolute Maximum Ratings
These values represent the damage threshold of the module. Stress in excess of any of the individual Absolute Maximum Ratings can cause immediate catastrophic damage to the module even if all other parameters are within Recommended Operating Conditions.
Table.1 Absolute maximum ratings
Parameter | Conditions | Min | Max | Units |
Power supply voltage at 3.3V | -0.5 | 3.75 | V | |
Voltage on I/O pads | -0.5 | VDD+0.5 | V | |
Differential Input Swing | 1.5 | Vpp | ||
Storage temperature | Non-condensing | -40 | 85 | Celsius |
Powered case temperature range | Non-condensing | -5 | 70 | Celsius |
Relative Humidity | 5 | 85 | % | |
Static discharge voltage onhigh speed pins | Human body model | 500 | V | |
Static discharge voltage on other pins | Human body model | 2000 | V | |
Air discharge to QSFP case | EN61000-4-2 Criterion B Test | 15 | kV | |
Contact discharge to QSFP case | EN61000-4-2 Criterion B Test | 8 | kV |
Recommended Operating Conditions
Table.2 Recommended Operating Conditions
Parameter | Conditions | Min | Typ. | Max | Units |
Data rate per lane | 8B/10BCoding, 64B/66B Coding | 1 | 26 | Gbps | |
3.3V Supply Voltage | 3.13 | 3.3 | 3.47 | V | |
Power supply noise including ripples | 1kHz to frequency of operation mersured at VCC_HOST | 50 | mVpp | ||
Case temperature | 0 | 35 | 70 | Celsius |
Transmitter Specification (Electrical)
Table.3 Transmitter Specification (Electrical)
Symbol | Parameter | Specification value. | Unit | Note |
X1,X2 | Eye mask parameter,time | 0.11,0.31 | UI | At FDR,EDR rates See Figure 1 |
Y1,Y2 | Eye mask parameter,voltage | 95,350 | mV | |
X | Eye mask parameter,time | 0.15 | UI | At SDR,DDR rates See Figure 2 |
Y1,Y2 | Eye mask parameter,voltage | 250,600 | mV |
Symbol | Parameter | Min | Typical | Max. | Unit | Notes |
DDPWS | Data Dependent pulse Width Shrinkage | 0.11 | UI | |||
J2 | J2 jitter tolerance | 0.19 | UI | With TX CDR bypassed (i.e., disabled) | ||
0.44 | UI | With TX CDR enabled | ||||
J9 | J9 jitter tolerance | 0.34 | UI | With TX CDR bypassed (i.e., disabled) | ||
0.69 | UI | With TX CDR enabled | ||||
SDD11 | Differential input return loss | dB | See Equation 1 & Figure 3 | |||
SCC11 | Common mode input return loss | -2 | dB | |||
SDC11 | Common mode to differential reflection | dB | See Equation 2 & Figure 4 | |||
Skew between channels | 50 | ps | Skew resulted from module. |
Figure 1 Figure 2
Receiver Specification(Electrical)
Table.4 Receiver Specification (Electrical)
Symbol | Parameter | Specification value. | Unit | Notes |
X | Eye mask parameter,time | 0.3 | UI | Hit ratio=5E-5 |
YI,Y2 | Eye mask parameter,voltage range 0 range 1 range 2 | 50,225 100,350 150,450 | mV | |
Symbol | Parameter | Min | Typical | Max. | Unit | Notes | |
Differential Output swing(p-p) | 320 (range 0) | mV | Amplitude code 0000 | Amplitude code is set at page03 byte 238- 239, 4 bits for each channel. See details in the section “Memory Map” | |||
420 (range 1) | mV | Factory default Amplitude code 0001 | |||||
TBD (range 2) | mV | Amplitude code 0010&0011 | |||||
50 | mV | Squelched state | |||||
SDD22 | Differential output return loss | dB | See Equation 1 & Figure 3 | ||||
SCC22 | Common mode output return loss | -2 | dB | ||||
SDC22 | Common mode to differential reflection | dB | See Equation 2 & Figure 4 | ||||
J2 | J2 jitter | 0.44 | UI | ||||
J9 | J9 jitter | 0.69 | UI | ||||
Skew between channels | 50 | ps | Skew resulted from module. |
Data Rate Specification
Table.5 Data Rate Specification
Symbol | Parameter | Min | Typical | Max. | Unit | Notes |
BR | Bit Rate per Lane | 10 | 25.781 | 28 | Gbps | Lower BER performance at 28Gbps |
BER | Bit Error Rate | 10—12 | 1.2.3 |
1.Bit Error Rate is tested with PRBS 231-1 pattern at 25.781Gbit/s.
2.100G QSFP28 AOC requires an electrical connector compliant with SFF-8662 or SFF-8672 which is used on the host board in order to guarantee its electrical interface specification.
3.Subject to operating condition. Temperature range tested: 25℃~ < 60℃.
Equation1:
Figure 3: Limits on SDD11 and SDD22
vs.Frequency for EDR
Equation2:
Figure 4: Limits on SDC11 and SDC22
vs.Frequency for EDR
Low Speed Electrical Specification
Table.6 Low Speed Electrical Specification
Parameter | Symbol | Min | Max. | Unit | Notes |
Reset,ModSell,LPMode | VIL | -0.3 | 0.8 | V | Lower BER performance at 28Gbps |
VIH | 2 | VCC+0.3 | V | ||
ModPraL | Internally terminated to GND | ||||
IntL | VOL | 0 | 0.4 | V | IOL=2mA |
VOH | VCC-0.5 | VCC+0.3 | V | ||
SCL,SDA | VOL | 0 | 0.4 | V | IOL(max)=3mA |
VOH | VCC-0.5 | VCC+0.3 | V | ||
VIL | -0.3 | VCC*0.3 | V | ||
VIH | VCC*0.7 | VCC+0.5 | V | ||
Capacitance for SCL and SDA I/O Pin | Ci | 14 | pF | ||
Total bus capacitice load for SCL and SDA | Cb | 100 | pF | ||
200 | pF | 1.6kohm Pullup resistor,max |
Recommended QSFP Host Board Power Supply Filtering
Figure 5: Recommended QSFP Host Board Power Supply Filtering
Pin Definitions
Table.7 Pin Definitions
Pin number | Logic | Symbol | Signal | Description |
1 | GND | Signal Ground | Ground | |
2 | CML-I | Tx2n | Tx2n | Transmitter Inverted Date Input.AC coupled |
3 | CML-I | Tx2p | Tx2p | Transmitter Non_Inverted Date Input.AC coupled |
4 | GND | Signal Ground | Ground | |
5 | CML-I | Tx4n | Tx4n | Transmitter Inverted Date Input.AC coupled |
6 | CML-I | Tx4p | Tx4p | Transmitter Non_Inverted Date Input.AC coupled |
7 | GND | Signal Ground | Ground | |
8 | LVTTL-I | ModSelL | ModSelL | Module Select pin.Selected when held low by the host. |
9 | LVTTL-I | ResetL | LPMode_Reset | Module Reset.A"low" pulse induces a reset on the module. |
10 | Vcc Rx | Vcc Rx | +3.3V Power Supply Receiver | |
11 | LVCMOS-I/O | SCL | SCL | 2-wire serial interface |
12 | LVCMOS-I/O | SDA | SDA | |
13 | GND | Signal Ground | Ground | |
14 | CML-O | Rx3p | Rx3p | Receiver Non_Inverted Date Input.AC coupled |
15 | CML-O | Rx3n | Rx3n | Receiver Inverted Date Input.AC coupled |
16 | GND | Signal Ground | Ground | |
17 | CML-O | Rx1p | Rx1p | Receiver Non_Inverted Date Input.AC coupled |
18 | CML-O | Rx1n | Rx1n | Receiver Inverted Date Input.AC coupled |
19 | GND | Signal Ground | Ground | |
20 | GND | Signal Ground | Ground | |
21 | CML-O | Rx2n | Rx2n | Receiver Inverted Date Input.AC coupled |
22 | CML-O | Rx2p | Rx2p | Receiver Non_Inverted Date Input.AC coupled |
23 | GND | Signal Ground | Ground | |
24 | CML-O | Rx4n | Rx4n | Receiver Inverted Date Input.AC coupled |
25 | CML-O | Rx4p | Rx4p | Receiver Non_Inverted Date Input.AC coupled |
26 | GND | Signal Ground | Ground | |
27 | LVTTL-O | ModPrsL | ModPrsL | Module Present pin.Internally grounded inside the module. |
28 | LVTTL-O | IntL | IntL | Interrupt by the QSFP module."Low"indicates an Alarm/Warning. |
29 | Vcc Tx | Vcc Tx | +3.3V Power Supply Transmitter | |
30 | Vccl | Vccl | +3.3V Power Supply | |
31 | LVTTL-I | LPMode | LPMode | Low Power Mode |
32 | GND | Signal Ground | Ground | |
33 | CML-I | Tx3p | Tx3p | Transmitter Non_Inverted Date Input.AC coupled |
34 | CML-I | Tx3n | Tx3n | Transmitter Inverted Date Input.AC coupled |
35 | GND | Signal Ground | Ground | |
36 | CML-I | Tx1p | Tx1p | Transmitter Non_Inverted Date Input.AC coupled |
37 | CML-I | Tx1n | Tx1n | Transmitter Inverted Date Input.AC coupled |
38 | GND | Signal Ground | Ground | |
Housing | Chassis Ground |
Mechanical Specifications
Table.8 Mechanical Specifications
Parameter | Min | Max. | Unit | Notes |
Optical fiber bend radius | 30 | mm | ||
QSFP module insertion | 40 | N | ||
QSFP module extraction | 30 | N | ||
Retention Load | 100 | N | No damage to module below 100N | |
Insertion/removal cycles | 200 | Cycles | Number of cycles for an individual module |
Functional Block Diagram of the QSFP Module
Figure 6:Functional Block Diagram of the QSFP Module
Overview of Cable Assembly
Figure 7:Overview of Cable Assembly
Order Information
P/N | Description |
QSFP28-AxxM | 100G QSFP28 to QSFP28 AOC Cable OM2/OM3/OM4, xx=0~100meter |