RF Over Fiber

Pro-grade RF over Fiber transmitters and transceivers for Satcom, GPS, WiMAX/LTE, DAS and more.

Optical Zonu offers a wide range of analog RF over Fiber links for applications in cellular wireless, public safety, network sync, satellite earth stations and specialty military projects

Many of the most popular applications can be called antenna fiber solutions or antenna remoting applications. These include L Band over fiber links for satellite earth stations as well as RF over fiber interfacility links for frequencies up to 40 GHz. They also include RF on fiber connections from GPS antennas, Iridium antennas and coverage antennas for distributed cellular wireless and public safety wireless systems.

These solutions are all analog fiber optic links. This technology is well-established,simple, robust, cost-effective and widely deployed globally. Optical Zonu has a range of analog fiber optic link products and systems for specific applications that have optimum size, weight, form factor, environmental, user interfaces, ease of installation and long-te rm maintenance.

RF Over Fiber Components

RF Over Fiber Components (One-way links)

Optical Zonu’s OEM fiber transmitter and receiver assemblies are designed for low size/weight/power and integrate easily into larger application assemblies.

OZ101 Mini (PCB mount) link – Radiation pattern testing, Avionics, Satcom

OZ510 Long reach link – DAS, Satcom, Cell Repeater, GPS, analog signal distribution, delay line

OZ516 Ultra-broadband (> 6Ghz) Link – WiFi 802.11g/n/ac, analog signal distribution, delay line, phase array radar

RF Over Fiber Standalone Modules (most 2-way)

Optical Zonu’s RF over Fiber product line contains multiple stand-alone modules which are designed to integrate easily with your application. Each of our stand-alone modules is a Transceiver (TRx), but it may also be configured as individual Transmitter (Tx) or Receiver (Rx) units.

A pair of these transceivers creates two-way bidirectional RF to Optical and Optical to RF link. Standard operational frequency ranges between 47 MHz and 3 GHz but can be extended to from 10 KHz to 3.3 GHz. OZ816 and OZ1606 modules have ultra-broadband capability that ranges from 47MHz to 7 GHz.

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RF Over Fiber Subsystems (rack-mountable)

Optical Zonu’s RF over Fiber fixed rack mount product line consists of the OZ9500 and OZ9800 product series. These RFoF modular sub-systems are housed in a 1U 19” chassis and each chassis can be powered using AC 110-240 Volts or DC +12 or -48 Volts. Dual redundant power supplies with automatic switching are standard for all chassis, built-in CWDM and cooled DFB lasers are also available. Front panel LED indicators enable a visual check of power supplies and cumulative link status.

Alarm conditions are indicated via relay board (dry contact). Standard optical connectors are SC/APC or FC/APC. RF connectors are 50 Ohm SMA or QMA – others e.g. 75ohm BNC are available for special orders.

OZ9500 RFoF Subsystem – Multi channel/band RF distribution PTP or PTMP, CWDM single fiber interfacility links

OZ9800 RFoF Subsystem – DAS, Satcom, Cell Repeater, GPS, analog signal distribution, delay line

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