Parallel optical interconnects using VCSELs

Author

Lebby, Michael ; Gaw, Craig A. ; Jiang, Wenbin ; Kiely, P.A. ; Shieh, Chan Long ; Claisse, P.R. ; Ramdani, Jamal ; Hartman, Davis H. ; Schwartz, Daniel B. ; Chun, Christopher K Y ; Foley, Barbara M.

Author_Institution

Photonic Technol. Center, Motorola Inc., Tempe, AZ, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

7-9 Aug 1995

Firstpage

348

Lastpage

356

Abstract

Optobus is a ten channel parallel bi-directional datalink based on multimode fiber ribbons. The design represents a series of tradeoffs between cost and performance to produce a low cost interconnect solution with a minimum of 1.5 Gbit/s of aggregate throughput

Keywords

data communication; digital communication; laser beam applications; optical fibre communication; optical interconnections; optical receivers; optical transmitters; packaging; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; 1.5 Gbit/s; 10 m; Optobus; VCSEL; low cost interconnect; multimode fiber ribbons; parallel bi-directional datalink; parallel optical interconnects; ten channel datalink; vertical cavity SEL; Bidirectional control; Copper; Costs; Electronics packaging; Integrated circuit packaging; Manufacturing; Optical interconnections; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High Speed Semiconductor Devices and Circuits, 1995. Proceedings., IEEE/Cornell Conference on Advanced Concepts in

Conference_Location

Ithaca, NY

ISSN

1079-4700

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3970-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CORNEL.1995.482526

Filename

482526