Demonstration of 2-D plastic optical fibre based optical interconnect between CMOS ICs

Author

Vanwassenhove, L. ; Bockstaele, R. ; Baets, R. ; Brunfaut, M. ; Meeus, W. ; Van Campenhout, J. ; Hall, J. ; Melchior, H. ; Neyer, A. ; Van Koetsem, J. ; King, R. ; Ebeling, K. ; Heremans, P.

Author_Institution

Vakgroep INTEC, Gent Univ., Belgium

Volume

3

fYear

2001

fDate

17-22 March 2001

Abstract

The design and fabrication of a digital system demonstrator implementing 2D optical interconnect via a POF ribbon are discussed. This demonstrator implements 256 optical I/O channels per chip. Each chip, a custom FPGA CMOS design, implements digital and analogue functionality.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; field programmable gate arrays; integrated optoelectronics; optical arrays; optical fibre couplers; plastics; 2D optical interconnect; 2D plastic optical fibre; CMOS IC; CMOS integrated circuits; FPGA CMOS design; POF ribbon; analogue functionality; chip; design; digital functionality; digital system demonstrator; fabrication; field programmable gate array; optical 1/0 channels; optical interconnect; plastic optical fiber ribbons; plastic optical fibre; CMOS digital integrated circuits; CMOS integrated circuits; Field programmable gate arrays; Integrated circuit interconnections; Optical arrays; Optical fibers; Optical interconnections; Optical receivers; Photonic integrated circuits; Plastics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-655-9

Type

conf

Filename

928524