Reflex Photonics LightABLE Embedded Transceivers Demonstrate Their Ruggedness with Successful Accelerated Life Testing
Summary
A group of modules from the LightABLE LH product series were submitted to a “Lifetime Test” against MIL-STD-883J, method 1005, cond. Even after 2000 hours of exposure to 100 °C temperatures, the LightABLE units maintained their high operational performance. The LightABLE products are parallel optic interconnects operating at 10 Gbps per lane and offering the following features: small SWaP, operation over a large temperature range (-40 °C to 85 °C), storage temperature from -57 °C to 125 °C. The LightABLE can be surface mounted or plugged on a board, and will support high temperature reflow process and operation with a link budget better than 13 dB. Defects or failure that would only show up after many years in the field at normal operating temperatures can be detected in short times in an Accelerated Life Test.