An optical active connector: an optical interconnect module with an electrical connector interface

Author

Sasaki, Shinichi ; Tanaka, Nobuyuki ; Yamaguchi, Satoru ; Nakamura, Masato ; Hayashi, Tsuyoshi

Author_Institution

Interdisciplinary Res. Labs., NTT, Tokyo, Japan

fYear

1996

fDate

28-31 May 1996

Firstpage

512

Lastpage

519

Abstract

This paper describes a prototype optical active connector that has both optical and electrical interfaces for an ATM switching system and high-speed computer network systems. This connector with an O/E or E/O conversion module can replace conventional electrical-cable 18-pin connectors for a normal printed circuit board that has only an electrical interface. The connector consists of specially developed MU-type sub-modules each with a photonic device, 9-pin electrical connectors, and ICs. It can be used for 200-Mbps data transmission and has lower electromagnetic emission noise than conventional connectors. Using optical active connectors to replace electrical-cable connectors will facilitate the introduction of high-throughput, large-capacity ATM switching systems and next-generation local area network systems

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; optical fibre LAN; optical fibre couplers; optical interconnections; 200 Mbit/s; ATM switching system; MU-type sub-modules; electrical connector interface; electromagnetic emission noise; high-speed computer network systems; local area network systems; optical active connector; optical interconnect module; photonic device; Asynchronous transfer mode; Computer networks; Connectors; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Optical noise; Printed circuits; Prototypes; Switching systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic Components and Technology Conference, 1996. Proceedings., 46th

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

0569-5503

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3286-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECTC.1996.517437

Filename

517437