Optoelectronic multichip module based on planar-integrated free-space optics

Matthias Gruber; Stefan Sinzinger; Juergen Jahns

doi:10.1117/12.386873

24 May 2000 Optoelectronic multichip module based on planar-integrated free-space optics

Matthias Gruber, Stefan Sinzinger, Juergen Jahns

Proceedings Volume 4089, Optics in Computing 2000; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.386873
Event: 2000 International Topical Meeting on Optics in Computing (OC2000), 2000, Quebec City, Canada

Abstract

We present an architectural approach to overcome the interconnection problem of modern VLSI-circuits and demonstrate it experimentally in form of a multi-chip-module (MCM) in which four optoelectronic VLSI-chips communicate optically via a planar-integrated free-space optical system. The MCM implements a distributed parallel computing model and is compact and robust. The optical system has been integrated on the surfaces of a slab of quartz glass by means of lithographic microfabrication techniques. The quartz substrate also serves as circuit board for the opto- electronic VLSI-chips. Our approach allows dense packaging (> 100 per mm²) of large numbers of optical interconnects.

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Matthias Gruber, Stefan Sinzinger, and Juergen Jahns "Optoelectronic multichip module based on planar-integrated free-space optics", Proc. SPIE 4089, Optics in Computing 2000, (24 May 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.386873

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