Hardware tools
Secure and Energy-Efficient Optical Communication Devices
Ultra-low-power optical transceivers for IoT and embedded platforms Integrated security features including hardware entropy generation and physical-layer encryption support Optical
Key features
- Ultra-low-power optical transceivers for IoT and embedded platforms
- Integrated security features including hardware entropy generation and physical-layer encryption support
- Optical energy-harvesting capability from laser or solar illumination sources
- Deployment-ready for indoor, outdoor, and body-area optical networks
- Supports short- to mid-range line-of-sight (LoS) optical links
Typical performance
- Operating Wavelength
- 850 nm, 980 nm, or 1550 nm
- Data Rate
- 100 kbps – 100 Mbps (application dependent)
- Transmit Power
- Receiver Sensitivity
- 40 dBm to –20 dBm
- Energy Harvesting Input Range
- 100 W to 10 mW optical input
- Harvested Power Output
- Up to 100 W (continuous) / 1 mW (burst)
- Security Support
- Physical-layer randomness, protocol-specific encryption-ready
- Communication Range
- Up to 10 m (indoor LOS), 100 m (outdoor aligned)
- Form Factor
- Chip-scale module or PCB-mountable
- Power Consumption