ICC News (Editor: Nicole) According to the latest data from LightCounting, between 2021-2026, global Ethernet transceiver revenue is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 10%; by 2026, global Ethernet transceivers Revenue is expected to reach 6.8 billion US dollars. At the current peak of global 5G construction, the rapid advancement of the entire 5G industry chain has brought higher demand for optical modules. With the acceleration of domestic base station construction and the further increase in demand for cloud computing and big data, it will further promote the optical module market to move towards high-speed and high-end optical modules.

??In this context, Shenzhen Guangtai Communication Equipment Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Guangtai Communication" or "Company"), an automation equipment manufacturer focusing on serving optical component vendors, expanded its product portfolio and enhanced R&D capabilities. From the field of passive coupling test automation to the field of active equipment automation, recently officially launched a new breakthrough product-COB TX/RX automatic coupling machine, showing its "muscle" to the industry and the market!

??When Guangtai Communication launched new products, Xunshi interviewed Mr. Liu Yanwen, General Manager of Guangtai Communication, to learn about the new products and the latest development of the company.

??General Manager Liu (middle) of Guangtai Communication, Director Wang (first from left) and Xunshi

??Expand product portfolio and launch new COB TX/RX automatic coupling machine

??The optical transceiver module is the core device of optical communication. Its main function realizes the optical-electrical and electric-optical conversion of optical signals. It is composed of two parts: receiving (RX) and transmitting (TX). The COB TX/RX automatic coupling machine launched by Guangtai Communication is mainly used in the automatic packaging and coupling of the key process of the optical module TX/RX. It supports the coupling of different materials such as AWG, FA, Lens (dual Lens) and Lens Array, and supports 25G/ 40G/100G/400G and other different rate modules as well as single-mode and multi-mode coupling.

??COB TX/RX automatic coupling machine

??The machine hardware of the COB automatic coupling machine adopts imported high-precision electric sliding table module, which is equipped with a servo system and a visual positioning system. It has automatic loading and unloading, automatic parallel adjustment, automatic height measurement, automatic coupling, and advanced flat area Functions such as light finding algorithm, positive and negative defocusing and automatic glue dispensing.

??According to Mr. Liu, Guangtai Communication has been deeply involved in passive product automatic optical coupling and automatic test solutions. For many years, it has focused on developing innovative product technologies and cooperating with market-leading customers. In 2020, the newly launched "AWG /Silicon Optical Chip Fully Automatic Coupling Equipment" and "Filter Fully Automatic Test Equipment" have been widely recognized by the market! The official launch of the active automation equipment-"COB TX/RX Fully Automatic Coupling Machine" is Guangtai Communication Take the first step towards success in the active field.

??At this stage, Guangtai Communication’s new product "COB TX/RX Automatic Coupling Machine" has sent samples to customers. The entire system has all aspects of equipment architecture design, functional comprehensiveness and compatibility, equipment automation, and product coupling accuracy and efficiency. Received positive feedback. Mr. Liu said: The biggest highlight of the new product design is the high degree of automation, which is at the leading level of similar products in the industry. It can help customers quickly introduce mass production, ensure product consistency and reliability, and reduce production line labor costs (one person Multi-machine), greatly improving the competitiveness of product yield and cost control.

??Move to a new location! New starting point, new development!

??In 2020, benefiting from the substantial increase in market demand such as AWG and WDM wavelength division multiplexing, Guangtai Communications achieved a year-on-year growth of 50% in its annual performance. With the official launch of the active automation equipment-"COB TX/RX automatic coupling machine", the company's products are newly added to four major sections, namely passive coupling, passive testing, active coupling and non-standard automation products , To further enrich the product line.

??AWG/silicon optical chip automatic coupling machine

??With product technical strength, hardware strength must keep up! In March 2021, Guangtai Communication officially moved to Hongfu Industrial Zone, No. 416, Huarong Road, Dalang Street, Longhua District, Shenzhen due to the company’s business development needs. The production scale was expanded by one. Times, mainly used for the development and production of active automation related equipment.

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