FPGA-board and active optical cable design for optical multi-gigabit communication

Author

Merchán, F. ; Gregorius, P. ; VOß, S.H. ; Brenner, K.-H.

Author_Institution

Lehrstuhl fur Optoelektron., Ziti Univ. Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

fYear

2010

fDate

13-16 Sept. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Integration of high speed electronics and micro-optics allows ultra-wide band optical transmission. The project presented in this paper combines the versatility and high performance of modern FPGA chips equipped with high speed transceivers, high speed PCB design for multi-channel systems and the advantages of optical transmission systems, like better signal to noise ratio, lower attenuation, lower crosstalk, higher bandwidth and smaller sized interconnects compared to current electrical transmission systems.

Keywords

field programmable gate arrays; integrated optics; light transmission; micro-optics; optical cables; optical crosstalk; optical design techniques; printed circuit design; transceivers; ultra wideband communication; FPGA board; FPGA chips; active optical cable design; attenuation rate; crosstalk; electrical transmission systems; high speed PCB design; high speed electronic integration; high speed transceiver; microoptics; multichannel systems; optical multigigabit communication; ultra wide band optical transmission; Image resolution; Optical coupling; Optical imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic System-Integration Technology Conference (ESTC), 2010 3rd

Conference_Location

Berlin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8553-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-8554-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ESTC.2010.5642860

Filename

5642860