Title :
OPTOBUSTM I: performance of a 4 Gb/s optical interconnect
Author :
Schwartz, Daniel B. ; Chun, Christopher K Y ; Choi, Narry ; Diaz, Dennis ; Planer, Sylvia ; Raskin, Glenn ; Shook, Stephen G.
Author_Institution :
Phoenix Corp. Res. Lab., Motorola Inc., Tempe, AZ, USA
Abstract :
The OptobusTM optical link is a ten channel parallel fiber bidirectional optical interconnect. The design goal was to produce a `transparent´ parallel data link that can be directly substituted for parallel copper regardless of the characteristics of the data stream. Transparency requires certain tradeoffs in the ultimate performance of the link. In the case of Optobus I, these trade-offs result in a nominal 500 ps eye closure of all ten channels combined with a 400 Mb/s data rate
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; laser cavity resonators; optical fibre networks; optical interconnections; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; transparency; 4 Gbit/s; 400 Mbit/s; 500 ps; Gb/s optical interconnect; Mb/s data rate; OPTOBUSTM I; OptobusTM optical link; data stream; design goal; parallel fiber bidirectional optical interconnect; ps eye closure; tradeoffs; transparent parallel data link; ultimate performance; Connectors; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber communication; Optical interconnections; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Packaging; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Massively Parallel Processing Using Optical Interconnections, 1996., Proceedings of the Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Maui, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7591-8
DOI :
10.1109/MPPOI.1996.559108
