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APD Receivers Incorporate Thermoelectric Cooler

Voxtel VDHAXPerforming in military laser radar and optical communications, and commercial telecommunications applications, Voxtel’s VDHAX line of hermetically-packaged avalanche photodiode (APD) receivers use Nextreme’s OptoCooler UPF4 thermoelectric cooler. The cooler integrates directly into the VDH-A TO-8 package to deliver >45°C of cooling curing operation via Nextreme’s thin-film thermal bump technology. The component removes a maximum of 610 mW of heat at 85°C ambient temperature in an active footprint of 0.55 mm².

Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc. and Voxtel, Inc.
919-597-7300 and 971-223-5646
www.nextreme.com [1] and www.voxtel-inc.com [2]

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Links:
[1] http://www.nextreme.com/
[2] http://www.voxtel-inc.com/