Datasheet
© Finisar Corporation Jun 25, 2009 Rev.J    Page 1 
Product Specification 
 4.25 Gb/s RoHS Compliant Short-Wavelength SFP Transceiver 
FTLF8524P2xNy 
PRODUCT FEATURES 
  Up to 4.25 Gb/s bi-directional 
data links 
  Hot-pluggable SFP footprint 
  Built-in digital diagnostic functions 
  850nm Oxide VCSEL laser 
transmitter 
  Duplex LC connector 
  RoHS Compliant and Lead Free 
  Up to 500m on 50/125μm MMF, 
300m on 62.5/125μm MMF 
  Metal enclosure, for lower EMI 
  Single 3.3V power supply 
  Extended operating temperature 
range: -20°C to 85°C 
APPLICATIONS 
  Tri-Rate 1.063/2.125/4.25 Gb/s 
Fibre Channel 
  1.25 Gb/s 1000Base-SX Ethernet 
(Rate selectable version) 
  Wireless – OBSAI, CPRI 
Finisar’s FTLF8524P2xNy Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) transceivers are 
compatible with the Small Form Factor Pluggable Multi-Sourcing Agreement (MSA)
1
. 
They are compatible with Fibre Channel FC-PI-2 Rev. 7.0
2
. Rate Selectable versions are 
also compatible with Gigabit Ethernet as specified in IEEE Std 802.3
3
. They are RoHS 
compliant and lead-free per Directive 2002/95/EC
4
 and Finisar Application Note AN-
2038. Digital diagnostics functions are available via the 2-wire serial bus specified in the 
SFP MSA. 
PRODUCT SELECTION 
FTLF8524P2xNy 
x 
W  Wide Extraction Bail 
B  Narrow Extraction Bail 
y 
L  Non Rate Selectable - 1x, 2x, 4x Fibre Channel 
V  Rate Selectable - 1x, 2x, 4x Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet 










