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I'm currently designing a dual port 1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet circuit card. My problem is that I do not have much space to work with on my board and the dual port RJ45 Magjack is taking up a ton of space. To save space I've been looking to switch to a fiber-optic system with much smaller connectors.
Anyone have experience laying out a fiber design? Could I essentially just switch out my RJ45 MagJack with a fiber optic module and switch my PHY to one that supports 1000BASE-X? In other words would I have to change my current RGMII and MAC interfaces to support fiber?
How is a board layout with fiber different than with copper?
Any documents on these topics would be helpful, I'm having difficult finding them.
Thank you,
-Kevin
Anyone have experience laying out a fiber design? Could I essentially just switch out my RJ45 MagJack with a fiber optic module and switch my PHY to one that supports 1000BASE-X? In other words would I have to change my current RGMII and MAC interfaces to support fiber?
How is a board layout with fiber different than with copper?
Any documents on these topics would be helpful, I'm having difficult finding them.
Thank you,
-Kevin