PAROLI(R)-a parallel optical link with 15 Gbit/s throughput in a 12-channel wide interconnection

Author

Kuhl, D. ; Drögemüller, K. ; Blank, J. ; Ehlert, M. ; Kraeker, T. ; Höhn, J. ; Klix, D. ; Plickert, V. ; Melchior, L. ; Hildebrandt, P. ; Heinemann, M. ; Beier, A. ; Leininger, L. ; Wolf, H.-D. ; Wipiejewski, T. ; Engel, R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Fiber Opt., Infineon Technol. AG, Berlin, Germany

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

187

Lastpage

193

Abstract

A parallel optical link, PAROLI(R), with over 15 Gbit/s throughput for both asynchronous and synchronous data transmission is described. The link consists of discrete transmitter and receiver modules and a low skew cable system. The PAROLI(R) system operates with 12 optical channels at data rates of up to 1.25 Gbit/s per channel. The oxide-confined VCSEL array, the pin diode array and the ICs are designed to operate at 3.3 Volts. Methods of system performance evaluation by eye diagram analysis and BER scan techniques are discussed. Improvements of key component features are presented, pointing towards 2.5 Gbit/s transmission per optical channel in the near future

Keywords

gradient index optics; optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; optical interconnections; optical links; 15 Gbit/s; 3.3 V; BER scan techniques; PAROLI; asynchronous data transmission; discrete receiver modules; discrete transmitter modules; eye diagram analysis; low skew cable system; multi-channel wide interconnection; oxide-confined VCSEL array; parallel optical link; pin diode array; synchronous data transmission; system performance evaluation; throughput; Bit error rate; Data communication; Optical fiber communication; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Performance analysis; Signal analysis; System performance; Throughput; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Parallel Interconnects, 1999. (PI '99) Proceedings. The 6th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Anchorage, AK

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0440-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PI.1999.806411

Filename

806411