Bidirectional link mock-up for avionics applications

Author

Ly, K.S. ; Quentel, F. ; Pez, Mathias ; Gambardella, E. ; Mollier, J.C.

Author_Institution

Airbus France SAS - EDYNR2, Toulouse

fYear

2008

fDate

Sept. 30 2008-Oct. 2 2008

Firstpage

13

Lastpage

14

Abstract

We demonstrated an avionic-representative link at 1 Gb/s with a span of 100 m. The performances are compliant with IEEE GbE specifications and tolerant to ldquoproduction breaksrdquo. In order to validate the reliability of this solution, additional connectors influence on the link performances need to be checked. Also, temperature in the [-40, +85degC] range, and vibrations constrains need to be tested. At term, we expect the transceiver to be improved to include the MMF coupling function, which will help controlling the return losses. Avionic standards, namely ARINC 800 requirements, shall finally be taken into account in link specification.

Keywords

avionics; optical fibre communication; surface emitting lasers; ARINC 800 requirements; MMF coupling function; avionics applications; bidirectional link mock-up; link specification; production breaks; Aerospace electronics; Ethernet networks; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Production; Transceivers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Avionics, Fiber-Optics and Photonics Technology Conference, 2008 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1919-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1920-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AVFOP.2008.4653152

Filename

4653152