Using the LIGA technique prototypes of twelve-fibre-wide ribbon connector ferrules have been developed that provide low-loss physical-contact multimode connections for parallel interfaces. The ferrules are injection moulded and the modular mould insert has been fabricated by means of microtechnology (LIGA) and electro-discharge machining. After assembling, mated couples of these ferrules show average insertion loss values of 0.35 dB and have been used to successfully transmit data with a transfer rate of 250 Mbit per fibre over a 100 m distance.
We present a design for an opto-electronic bus system based on commercial parallel fiber ribbon transmission systems and opto-electronic VLSI smart pixel arrays. We describe the design of the individual components, their integration, the performance limits and potential applications.
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