Gigabit Fiber Optical Characteristics
309979-A Rev 00
B-3
Receive Characteristics
Table B-3 lists the receive characteristics for the 1000BASE-SX models.
Worst-Case Power Budget and Penalties
Table B-4 lists the worst-case power budget and penalties for the 1000BASE-SX
models.
Table B-3. 1000BASE-SX Receive Characteristics
Description
62.5 Micron
Multimode Fiber
50 Micron
Multimode Fiber Units
Signaling Speed (range) 1.25 ± 100 ppm 1.25 ± 100 ppm GBd
Wavelength (range) 770 to 860 770 to 860 nm
Average receive power (maximum) 0 0 dBm
Receive sensitivity – 17 – 17 dBm
Return loss (minimum) 12 12 dB
Stressed receive sensitivity
1
,
2
1 Measured with conformance test signal at TP3 for BER = 10
–12
at the eye center.
2 Measured with a transmit signal having a 9 dB extinction ratio. If you use another extinction ratio, correct the stressed
receive sensitivity according to the extinction ratio penalty.
– 12.5 – 13.5 dBm
Receive electrical 3 dB upper cutoff frequency
(maximum)
1500 1500 MHz
Vertical eye-closure penalty
3
3 Vertical eye-closure penalty is a test condition for measuring stressed receive sensitivity. It is not a required
characteristic of the receiver.
2.60 2.20 dB
Note:
The link power penalties (Table B-4) are used for link power budget
calculations only. They are not requirements and are not meant to be tested.