| | Protokraft designs and manufactures high-speed optoelectronic components and subsystems for use in harsh environment networking equipment applications. The company provides optoelectronic transceiver subsystems for short and intermediate reach (1 meter to 20 kilometer) harsh environment optical networks, including optical network switches, optical enterprise and storage area networks (SAN' s) and tactical optical access networks. These active optical subsystems integrate the functions of optical transceivers into the natural structure of a passive optical connector. Network equipment designers receive the benefits of reduced printed circuit board space allocated to discrete electro-optic devices, reduced fiber cabling requirements and most importantly - enhanced system link budgets - since four relatively high loss optical interface points can be removed from each system link.
Protokraft' s patent pending core technology enables robust optical transceivers to be packaged directly into Mil-Dtl-38999 connector shells. These bulkhead mounted Mil-Dtl-38999 optical transceivers are optimized for Fast Ethernet, Fibre Channel, Gigabit Ethernet, Serial FPDP and InfiniBand networking applications. These transceivers are fully compliant with the applicable IEEE, ANSI and InfiniBand Architecture Specification requirements.
Protokraft' s bulkhead mounted optoelectronics components offer numerous cost, performance and reliability advantages to harsh environment network equipment system designers:
¤ Eliminate intra-enclosure fiber optic cable assemblies and disconnects
¤ High speed signals remain in the electrical domain inside the system chassis
¤ Reduce weight, space, energy consumption and improve overall system reliability
¤ Reclaim up to 3.0dB (42%) of optical link budget from intra-enclosure interconnection losses
Protokraft is privately held and located in the scenic Tri-Cities region of Northeastern Tennessee. | |
