Optoelectronic high-speed HDMI cable with compact optical sub-assembly and 4 × 3.4 Gbit/s plastic optical fibre link

Author

Schlepple, N. ; Nishigaki, Masakatsu ; Uemura, Hitoshi ; Furuyama, H. ; Sugizaki, Yoshiaki ; Shibata, Hajime ; Koike, Yasuharu

Author_Institution

Center for Semicond. R&D, Toshiba Corp., Yokohama, Japan

Volume

48

Issue

25

fYear

2012

Firstpage

1611

Lastpage

1613

Abstract

Presented is a composite optoelectronic high-speed high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) cable with the application of an optical link running on four thin GI 50/125 μm plastic optical fibres to serve upcoming demand in consumer electronics. The thin fibres enable a compact optical sub-assembly that in return fits inside the cable connector. The main advantages of this technology are pointed out and the packaging of the composite HDMI connectors outlined. Cable performance and in particular the waveform diagrams as well as bit error ratio results at 3.4 Gbit/s that enable full HD video transmission over 10 m are included.

Keywords

consumer electronics; high-speed optical techniques; multimedia communication; optical couplers; optical fibre networks; optical links; optoelectronic devices; GI plastic optical fibre link; bit error ratio; bit rate 3.4 Gbit/s; cable connector; cable performance; compact optical subassembly; composite HDMI connectors; composite optoelectronic high-speed high-definition multimedia interface cable; consumer electronics; full HD video transmission; optoelectronic high-speed HDMI cable; thin fibres; waveform diagrams;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el.2012.3176

Filename

6407248