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Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Reference Manual, R8.5
78-18343-02
Appendix A      Hardware Specifications
A.5    Optical Amplifier Cards
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Maximum receiver level: –8 dBm at 10
–10 
BER
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Minimum receiver level: –40 dBm at 10
–10 
BER
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Span loss budget: 35-dB span budget (approximately 140 km assuming that the fiber path loss 
is equal to 0.25 dB/km)
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Jitter tolerance: Telcordia GR-253/G.823 compliant
 • Dimensions
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Height: 12.65 in. (321.3 mm)
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Width: 0.921 in. (23.4 mm) (The dimension of the finger gasket is not included)
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Depth: 9.00 in. (228.6 mm)
A.5 Optical Amplifier Cards
This section provides specifications for the OPT-PRE amplifier, OPT-BST amplifier, OPT-BST-E 
amplifier, OPT-BST-L amplifier, OPT-AMP-L preamplifier (configurable as a preamplifier or booster 
amplifier), OPT-AMP-C amplifier (configurable as a preamplifier or booster amplifier, and 
OPT-AMP-17-C amplifier cards.
A.5.1 OPT-PRE Amplifier Card Specifications
The OPT-PRE amplifier card has the following specifications:
 • Optical characteristics:
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Total operating wavelength range: 1530 to 1561.3 nm
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Gain ripple (peak to valley): 1.5 dB
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Mid-access loss (MAL) range (for dispersion compensation unit [DCU]): 3 to 9 dB
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Gain range: 5 to 38.5 dBm in constant power mode, 5 to 28 dBm in constant gain mode
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Minimum gain (standard range): 5.0 dBm
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Maximum gain (standard range with programmable gain tilt): 21 dBm 
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Maximum gain (extended range with uncontrolled gain tilt): 38.5 dBm 
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Gain and power regulation over/undershoot: 0.5 dB
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Limited maximum output power: 17.5 dBm
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Maximum output power (with full channel load): 17 dB
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Minimum output power (with one channel): –1 dBm
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Input power (Pin) range at full channel load: –21.5 to 12 dBm
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Input power (Pin) range at single channel load: –39.5 to –6 dBm
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Noise figure at G
3 
21 dB = 6.5 dB
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OSC filter drop (channels) insertion loss maximum: 1 dB
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OSC filter drop (OSC) insertion loss maximum: 1.8 dB
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OSC filter add (OSC) insertion loss maximum: 1.3 dB
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Optical connectors: LC-UPC/2