• DocumentCode
    3488488
  • Title

    State of the art of electrical high speed backplanes in industry today and the transition to optical interconnects

  • Author

    Gisin, Franz ; Dudnikov, George

  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    28-30 June 2004
  • Firstpage
    7
  • Lastpage
    8
  • Abstract
    The current status of high-speed electrical backplanes including their capabilities, prospects for extending them, and factors that impact their performance will be presented. The potential benefits of optical interconnect and the technical challenges in migrating from electrical to optical will also be covered.
  • Keywords
    optical backplanes; reviews; electrical high speed backplanes; optical interconnect; state of the art; Backplanes; Costs; Dielectric losses; Dielectric materials; High speed optical techniques; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical interconnections; Optical receivers; Space technology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Biophotonics/Optical Interconnects and VLSI Photonics/WBM Microcavities, 2004 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
  • ISSN
    1099-4742
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8306-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSST.2004.1338678
  • Filename
    1338678