Title :
Optical multimode interconnects for printed circuit board application
Author_Institution :
IC C-Lab., Siemens AG, Paderborn, Germany
Abstract :
Summary form only given. In order to make full use of next-generation microprocessors operating with clock speeds of 1 GHz and more there is a great need for high-bandwidth off-chip interconnects. Electrical interconnects on standard pc boards, which are characterized by a limited bandwidth and emission of and sensibility to electromagnetic radiation, cannot provide the required performance. To overcome this bottleneck, optical interconnects, ready established for long-distance telecommunication, can be used for realizing high-bandwidth and high-performance information channels within and between systems. Moreover, they are totally insensible to electromagnetic noise and of course they do not radiate themselves.
Keywords :
electromagnetic waves; multiprocessor interconnection networks; optical interconnections; printed circuits; 1 GHz; EM radiation sensibility; clock speeds; electromagnetic noise; electromagnetic radiation emission; high-bandwidth off-chip interconnects; high-performance information channels; long-distance telecommunication; next-generation microprocessors; optical multimode interconnects; printed circuit board application; standard pc boards; Bandwidth; Clocks; Electromagnetic interference; Electromagnetic radiation; Integrated circuit interconnections; Microprocessors; Optical interconnections; Optical noise; Optical sensors; Printed circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-634-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2000.907357
