Title :
Fibers in Printed Circuit Boards With Passively Aligned Coupling
Author :
Schneider, Marc ; Kühner, Thomas ; Mohr, Jürgen ; Maas, Dieter
Author_Institution :
Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol., Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract :
Several types of printed circuit boards with embedded optical glass fibers for board level optical interconnects are presented. Transmitter and receiver coupling elements were developed which are solder temperature resistant and align passively on the fiber ends of the embedded glass fibers. Further a cost-effective demonstrator system using FPGA, serializer/deserializer, VCSEL driver, and photodiode amplifiers to test the optical interconnect was set up and is described.
Keywords :
optical fibres; optical interconnections; printed circuits; FPGA; VCSEL driver; board level optical interconnects; cost-effective demonstrator system; deserializer; embedded optical glass fibers; passively aligned coupling; photodiode amplifiers; printed circuit boards; receiver coupling elements; solder temperature resistant; transmitter coupling elements; Coupling circuits; Field programmable gate arrays; Glass; Optical fiber testing; Optical interconnections; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Printed circuits; Stimulated emission; Temperature; Coupling element; VCSEL; electro-optical PCB; lamination; optical fiber devices; optical interconnections; optical printed circuit board; passive alignment; photodiodes;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2010.2053019
