Title :
Electrical isolation and fanout in intra-chip optical interconnects
Author :
Pappu, Anand ; Apsel, Alyssa
Author_Institution :
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we calculate the benefits of electrical isolation for intra-chip optical interconnects. We compare the delay and energy metrics of systems with intra-chip electrical and optical fanout, and from the results obtained, we conclude that optical fanout can be used to improve speeds in electrical fanout systems even at very short on-chip distances.
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; optical interconnections; optical receivers; electrical isolation; intra-chip electrical fanout; intra-chip optical interconnects; optical fanout; Capacitance; Delay systems; High speed optical techniques; Optical devices; Optical fiber communication; Optical interconnections; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; System-on-a-chip;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2004. ISCAS '04. Proceedings of the 2004 International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8251-X
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2004.1329326
