Branding them VaporConnect optical feed-through modules, the company said that they are a cassette-based design that bolts directly onto immersion tanks, and “enable optical transceivers and network cabling infrastructure to be swapped out without changing mechanical interfaces or impacting immersion tank architecture”.
They have plug-in connectors inside and outside the tank, with the option of embedding company’s ‘FlexPlane’ optical interconnections circuitry within the module if the inside connectors do not match 1:1 with the outside connectors.
Single and multi-mode fibres can be accommodated.
Inside connectors can be selected from the company’s MPO, LC, MMC, MDC, SN, and SN-MT ranges, while the outside connectors can be any of those, plus “an EBO connector option is currently in development, with availability slated for the first half of 2025”, said Molex.
The plan is for a sealing gasket to arrive with every module, pre-tested for leaks using helium. Testing is underway for compliance with GR-1435-CORE vibration requirements.
Reference designs for the modules will be available commercially in Q1 of 2025.
See the modules on stand C75 at ECOC 2024 this week in Frankfurt, or on this web page. An interoperability demonstration will take place (or has taken place) at Booth B83.
