GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The VSC8142, VSC8145 and VSC8147 are extended multi-rate transceivers with integrated Clock Recovery Unit (CRU) and Clock Multiplier Unit (CMU) for use in SONET/SDH, DWDM, and other optical transport systems. The devices perform all required serialization and deserialization functions for OC-48, OC-12, OC-3, FEC, Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel and FDDI/Fast Ethernet data rates.

FEATURES :
► OC-48/-12/-3, FEC, GbE, Fibre Channel and Other Various Data Rates
► Integrated Clock Recovery and Clock Multiplier Units
► Wide Ranging PLLs with Bypass Capabilities
► Low-speed Bit Order Swap (MSB/LSB)
► On-board FIFO with Auto-reset Function
► High-speed Clock Output Power-down Option
► LOS Detect with Auto-lock to Reference Clock
► Facility, Equipment, and Split Loopback Modes
► 0.18_µ CMOS Technology

APPLICATIONS :
► SONET/SDH Systems
► DWDM Systems
► Optical Crossconnects
► Optical Test Equipment