Gigabit Interface Converter

A gigabit interface converter (GBIC) is a standard for transceivers, commonly used with Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel in the 2000s.

By offering a standard, hot swappable electrical interface, one gigabit port can support a wide range of physical media, from copper to long-wave single-mode optical fiber, at lengths of hundreds of kilometers.

A variation of the GBIC called the small form-factor pluggable transceiver (SFP), also known as mini-GBIC, has the same functionality but in a smaller form factor. Announced in 2001, it largely made the GBIC obsolete.

The appeal of the GBIC standard (and hot-swappable transceivers in general) in networking equipment, as opposed to fixed physical interface configurations, is its flexibility. Where multiple different optical technologies are in use, an administrator can purchase GBICs as needed, not in advance, and they can be the specific type needed for each link. This lowers the cost of the base system and gives the administrator far more flexibility. On the other hand if a switch will mostly have one port type (especially if that port type is copper) purchasing a switch with that port type built in will be cheaper and take up less space per port.

SOPTO GBIC Transceiver Main Info

1. Material: Metal

2. Weight: 0.02kg

3. Packing Quantity: 200pcs, 400pcs, 600pcs (accept sample order)

4. Data Rate: 1.25G

5. Wavelength: 850nm/1310nm/1550nm

6. Fiber Types: Sinlge Mode (SM), Multimode(MM)

7. Fiber Connector Type: SC

8. Transmission Mode: Duplex

9. Transmission Distance: 550m, 10km, 20km, 70km, 80km

10. Laser Type: 850nm/1310nm1550nm VCSEL/FP/DFB laser and PIN photo-detector

11. Operating Case Temperature: Standard: 0~70°C

12. DDM Function: With or without both available

13. Compatible Brands: Cisco, Finisar, HP, Alctel-Lucent, Juniper, Noterl…

SOPTO GBIC Transceiver Model

Other Info of our GBIC Transceiver

1. Operating Humidity: 0%~90% RH no condensin

2. Storage Humidity: 5%~90% RH no condensing

3. Saturated Optical Power: -3dB

4. Average Output Power: -20~ -14dBm

5. Receiver Sensitivity: -31dBm

6. Supply Current: 351~386mA

7. Power Supply: +3.3V single power supply

8. Power Consumption: <3W

9. Extinction Ratio: 10~17dB

10. Storage Temperature: -40~85°C

11. Number of Times of Hot-Pluggable: >200