Reliability of the OS-280M Optical Submarine Repeater

Author

Tatekura, Koh-ichi ; Yamamoto, Hitoshi ; Wakabayashi, Hiroharu ; Niiro, Yasuhiko

Author_Institution

Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

4

Issue

7

fYear

1986

fDate

10/1/1986 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1104

Lastpage

1111

Abstract

The development phase of the OS-280M optical submarine cable system is finished, and currently the mass production lines for the system are arranged so as to satisfy the specific performances and the reliability requirements for the TPC-3 system within its system life of 25 years. KDD developed the reliability assurance system of the repeater components, which began three years ago. In this paper, we will introduce the reliability design of the OS-280M system and will report on the reliability test results obtained until the present time. In conclusion, it will be demonstrated that all of repeater components, i.e., optical semiconductor devices, monolithic IC´s, several kinds of optical devices, and conventional components could satisfy the reliability requirements for the OS-280M system.

Keywords

Communication system reliability; Optical fiber repeaters; Underwater optical fiber systems; Mass production; Monolithic integrated circuits; Optical devices; Photonic integrated circuits; Repeaters; Semiconductor device reliability; Semiconductor devices; System testing; Underwater cables; Underwater vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSAC.1986.1146423

Filename

1146423