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What is AOC?

What are the benefits?

Technical Specifications

After 5 years of development and rigorous testing, AirBorn's SAOC® is poised to disrupt traditional space electronics systems. SAOC offers increased data rates and signal distance while dramatically decreasing launch weight.

The First Space-Rated Active Optical Cable

Faster than Copper

Hassle Free Fiber

Reduce Weight & Space

Electrical Signal Input

Our rugged, high speed, high density connector, verSI, utilizes multiple points of contact to insure signal continuity through the harshest shocks and vibrations.

Simplify your box design process by eliminating the need to develop a space-rated transceiver to fit on your board. The SAOC handles the signal conversion for you.

Built In Optical Transceiver Circuit

Optical signal enables transmission of high speed, EMI free, data up to 100m.

Optical Signal Output

High Speed Data available over long distances without the need to cut, clean or polish fiber.

Fiber Optic Cable

What is an Active Optical Cable

An Active Optical Cable (AOC) uses a traditional copper connector and converts the signal into a fiber optic signal to boost data speeds and range while saving a significant amount of weight and space. Essentially, copper at the connectors and fiber in between.

AirBorn's verSI product line offers high speed and signal integrity in a rectangular form factor as well as Flight Heritage.

Rugged verSI Connector

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Design Flexibility

AirBorn's SAOC® solution transforms and accelerates your design process allowing you to use copper or fiber cables interchangably.

Micro Circular

Micro D

Nano D

High Density SI

AirBorn's AOC technology is easily adopted across a wide variety of connector form factors

Hybrid options also available! Need verSI on one end and 38999 on the other? We can do that.

AirBorn SAOC to AirBorn SAOC

AirBorn SAOC to Passive Fiber

AirBorn SAOC with Power

Where will SAOC take you?

Fiber + Copper Together

Choose an assembly that fits your needs. Then, we'll build to your specs. Custom cable assemblies can be built to order.

• No fiber cleaning concerns • Fast installation: Mate & Go • Environmentally Sealed • No transceiver needed

• Data rates of 14Gbps/lane • Distances up to 100 meters • Light weight, low profile cable

• Radiation Hardened • Superior EMI Protection • Outgassing meets NASA EEE-INST-002 • Launch-ready vibration resistance > 85G

SAOC offers reduced weight and space needed for cable bundles compared compared to traditional copper cables

Built for Spaceflight

Hassle Free Fiber

We built a space-grade transceiver into the AOC connector, freeing up space on your PC board and reducing development time.

AirBorn's Active Optical Cables are factory preterminated saving you time and hassle from cleaning and polishing fiber.

Effortless Installation

No Transceiver Needed

Application Guide

Which applications are best suited for SAOC?

Technical Details

•Radiation vulnerability assessment report •Reliability & maintainability analysis •Environmental test plans •FMECA •EEE parts list •Worst case analysis •Drawings, drawing tree, BOM •EMI/EMC control plan •Stress & dynamics analysis •Thermal stress •Solder fatigue •Random vibration •Shock •Fasteners •Mass properties •Contamination control plan •Venting analysis •Mechanical CAD models •Hybrid qualification plan •Electrical/RF simulation & models •FPGA IV&V

•Radiation •EMI/EMC •Thermal vacuum •Thermal cycling •Thermal life testing •Random vibration •Pyroshock •Performance testing •Serial telemetry •Discrete telemetry •Power •High speed •Data eye testing •Over temperature •VCSEL life testing •PIN life testing •Temperature & humidity testing

SAOC Testing

The following testing has been completed

SAOC Analysis

Complete and approved by the DoD & The Prime Contractor:

Performance

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We've summarized five years worth of development, testing and performance data into a fast-reading white paper. Download to learn: • How the AOC technology works • About the qualification analyses • How SAOC technology compares to traditional fiber.

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Test & Qualification Data Now Available!

SAOC = Time Saved

verSI available now; other connector formats are in development

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The benefits of

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• Designed for Space • Ruggedized for Launch • Lighter & Smaller than Copper

Space-Rated Active Optical Cables

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How it works

Evaluation Kits Now Available

Want to try our SAOC out in your own lab and in your unique product design? Order a kit today and run the product through its paces and you'll discover AirBorn quality and design ingenuity in your own time.

Assembly Options

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Variety of Connector Options

Design for copper and AOC

Copper or Fiber

Connector Options

Assembly Options

No need to offer two different boxes to your customer.

Greatly simplifies box design. AOC has a transceiver onboard. No transceivers need to be designed into the box.

Use copper for short runs and fiber for long runs with a single interconnect interface.

Evaluation Options

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Learn more about our FOCuS AOC space-rated & rugged products along with the connector models that pair well with these game-changing cables.

There is also a special section which reviews the space-rated qualification process. From the various tests to the results, you'll be able to see how cool the space-rated AOC truly is.

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Our solutions engineers will review your application and recommend how you can best implement AirBorn's AOC technology in your program.

With years of experience serving customers in space, defense, and commercial aero applications, our solutions engineers can work your project from a napkin sketch to mass production.

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Using the common FOCuS pinout, copper and fiber can be easily interchanged.

Design Flexibility

Radiation-hardened Space-rated as well as Ruggedized options available.

Multiple Environments

Factory termination reduces the potential for fiber contamination.

Easier Maintenance Than Fiber

AOCs eliminate the number one cause of link failure – FOD (dirt on optics).

Sealed & Protected Optical Path

Installed the same way as a copper cable.

Hassle-Free Fiber

Fiber cable and shell design are critical for EMI Reduction.

EMI Protection

Much smaller cable bundles and no need for transceiver.

Reduced Space

Significant weight savings over copper.

Weight Savings

Delivers reliable high speeds up to 100M.

Longer Distances

Supports speeds up to 12.5 Gbps / Channel.

High Speed

Application Guide

SAOC is ideal when applications requrie one or more of these:

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