Overview

Features and Benefits

  • Fully Assembled and Tested
  • 3.3V Operation
  • Fully Matched for Best Return Loss
  • Independent Electrical Monitoring of Modulation and Bias Currents
  • Automatic Power Control (APC) Loop Test Circuit
  • Product Details

    The MAX3863 evaluation kit (EV kit) is an assembled demonstration board.

    The MAX3863 EV kit contains two circuits, one for electrical evaluation and one for optical evaluation. The output of the electrical evaluation section is interfaced to an SMA connector, which can be connected to a 50Ω terminated oscilloscope. The output of the optical evaluation section is configured for attachment to a laser/monitor diode.

    Applications

    • 3.2Gbps Data Communications
    • Add/Drop Multiplexers
    • Digital Cross-Connects
    • Long-Reach Optical Transmitters
    • Section Regenerators
    • SONET and SDH Transmission Systems
    • WDM Transmission Systems

    Documentation & Resources