Title :
Ring versus bus: A BER comparison of photonic integrated networks-on-chip
Author :
Faralli, S. ; Gambini, F. ; Pintus, P. ; Cerutti, I. ; Andriolli, N.
Author_Institution :
Scuola Superiore Sant´Anna, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
Silicon-photonics bus and ring networks-on-chip are evaluated in terms of transfer function and bit error rates at 10Gb/s, demonstrating that the ring architecture can be effectively used with physical layer performance similar to the bus.
Keywords :
error statistics; integrated optics; network-on-chip; silicon; transfer functions; BER comparison; bit error rate; photonic integrated networks-on-chip; physical layer performance; ring networks-on-chip; silicon-photonics bus; transfer function; Bit error rate; Integrated optics; Interference; Optical attenuators; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference (OI), 2015 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8178-6
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2015.7115668
