Title :
Low Cost, Injection Molded 120 Gbps Optical Backplane
Author :
Rosenberg, Paul ; Mathai, Sagi ; Sorin, Wayne V. ; McLaren, Moray ; Straznicky, Joseph ; Panotopoulos, Georgios ; Warren, David ; Morris, Terry ; Tan, Michael R T
Author_Institution :
Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, CA, USA
Abstract :
A low cost, blind mate, injection molded optical backplane is presented. The optical backplane consists of a 12 channel optical broadcast bus operating at 10 Gbps/channel with six blind mate optical output ports spaced 1U apart.
Keywords :
injection moulding; optical backplanes; system buses; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 120 Gbit/s; blind mate optical output ports; low cost blind mate injection molded optical backplane; optical broadcast bus; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; Optical reflection; Optical transmitters; Backplane; blind mate; broadcast; bus; network; optical interconnect; waveguide;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2011.2177813
