• DocumentCode
    418508
  • Title

    Electrical isolation and fanout in intra-chip optical interconnects

  • Author

    Pappu, Anand ; Apsel, Alyssa

  • Author_Institution
    Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    23-26 May 2004
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems, 2004. ISCAS '04. Proceedings of the 2004 International Symposium on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8251-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISCAS.2004.1329326
  • Filename
    1329326