Polymer optical interconnect technology (POINT): optoelectronic packaging and interconnect for board and backplane applications

Y. S. Liu; R. J. Wojnarowski; W. B. Hennessy; Julian P. G. Bristow; Yue Liu; Andrzej Peczalski; John R. Rowlette; Alan Plotts; Jared D. Stack; James T. Yardley; Louay A. Eldada; Richard M. Osgood; Robert Scarmozzino; Sing H. Lee; Volkan H. Ozguz

doi:10.1117/12.229274

30 January 1996 Polymer optical interconnect technology (POINT): optoelectronic packaging and interconnect for board and backplane applications

Y. S. Liu, R. J. Wojnarowski, W. B. Hennessy, Julian P. G. Bristow, Yue Liu, Andrzej Peczalski, John R. Rowlette, Alan Plotts, Jared D. Stack, James T. Yardley, Louay A. Eldada, Richard M. Osgood, Robert Scarmozzino, Sing H. Lee, Volkan H. Ozguz

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Proceedings Volume 10284, Optoelectronic Interconnects and Packaging: A Critical Review; 102840N (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.229274
Event: Photonics West '96, 1996, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

The Polymer Optical Interconnect Technology (POINT) represents a major collaborative effort among GE, Honeywell, AMP, AlliedSignal, Columbia University and the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), sponsored by ARPA, in developing affordable optoelectronic module packaging and interconnect technologies for board- and backplane- level optical interconnect applications for a wide range of military and commercial applications. The POINT program takes a novel development approach by fully leveraging the existing electronic design, processing, fabrication and module packaging technologies to optoelectronic module packaging. The POINT program further incorporates several state-of-the-art optoelectronic technologies that include high-speed VCSEL for multichannel array data TM transmission; flexible optical polymers such as Polyguide or coupling of device-to-fiber using a passively alignment process; a low-loss polymer for backplane interconnect to provide a high I/O density; low-cost diffractive optical elements (DOE) for board-to-backplane interconnect; and use of molded MT array ferrule to reduce overall system size, weight, and cost. In addition to further reducing design and fabrication cycle times, computer simulation tools for optical waveguide and mechanical modeling will be advanced under the POINT program.

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Y. S. Liu, R. J. Wojnarowski, W. B. Hennessy, Julian P. G. Bristow, Yue Liu, Andrzej Peczalski, John R. Rowlette, Alan Plotts, Jared D. Stack, James T. Yardley, Louay A. Eldada, Richard M. Osgood, Robert Scarmozzino, Sing H. Lee, and Volkan H. Ozguz "Polymer optical interconnect technology (POINT): optoelectronic packaging and interconnect for board and backplane applications", Proc. SPIE 10284, Optoelectronic Interconnects and Packaging: A Critical Review, 102840N (30 January 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.229274

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