10 Gb/s Optical Interconnection on Flexible Optical Waveguide in Electronic Printed Circuit Board

Shih-Hsiang Hsu, Chih-Yuan Tsou, Chih-Ming Wang, Sheng-Chieh Tseng

Department of Electronic Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Chinese Taipei.
Image Transfer Technology Department R & D Division, Compeq Manufacturing Co., LTD, Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei.

DOI: 10.4236/opj.2013.32B059                

Abstract

In this paper, we proposed 10 Gb/s transmission using 4-channel polymer waveguides on the optical electronic printed circuit board. It was simulated by the ray tracing method for tolerance study of optical interconnection and fabrication. In order for easy fabrication and high position accuracy, the polymer waveguides were forming silver coated 45° reflective mirrors by dicing method and e-beam deposition for 90° light beam turning. The coupling loss was demonstrated in different polishing grit sizes. The optical interconnection in board-embed 4-channel flexible waveguides was demonstrated with a low propagation loss of 0.1 dB/cm and a clear eye diagram at 2.5 Gb/s data rate per channel.

Keywords

Flexible Waveguide; Optical Electronic Printed Circuit Board

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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