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Finisar 
Product Specification 
1000BASE-T Copper SFP Transceiver 
FCLF-8520/8521-3 
Product Features 
•  Up to 1.25Gb/s bi-directional data links 
•  Hot-pluggable SFP footprint 
•  Extended case temperature 
range (0°C to +85°C ) 
•  Fully metallic enclosure for low EMI 
•  Low power dissipation (1.05 W typical) 
•  Compact RJ-45 connector assembly 
•  RoHS compliant and Lead Free 
•  Access to physical layer IC via 2-wire 
serial bus 
•  10/100/1000 BASE-T operation in host 
systems with SGMII interface 
Applications 
•  1.25 Gigabit Ethernet over Cat 
5 cable 
Finisar’s FCLF-8520/8521-3 1000BASE-T Copper Small Form Pluggable (SFP) 
transceivers are based on the SFP Multi Source Agreement (MSA)
1
. They are compatible 
with the Gigabit Ethernet and 1000BASE-T standards as specified in IEEE Std 802.3
2
. 
The 1000BASE-T physical layer IC (PHY) can be accessed via I2C, allowing access to 
all PHY settings and features. 
The FCLF-8520-3 uses the SFP’s RX_LOS pin for link indication, and 1000BASE-X 
auto-negotiation should be disabled on the host system. The FCLF-8521-3 is compatible 
with 1000BASE-X auto-negotiation, but does not have a link indication feature 
(RX_LOS is internally grounded). See AN-2036, “Frequently Asked Questions 
Regarding Finisar’s 1000BASE-T SFPs”, for a more complete explanation on the 
differences between the two models and details on applications issues for the products. 
PRODUCT SELECTION 
Part Number  Link Indicator on RX_LOS Pin  1000BASE-X auto-negotiation 
enabled by default 
FCLF-8520-3 Yes  No 
FCLF-8521-3 No  Yes 
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