Low cost optical interconnects by microjet printing

International Journal of Microcircuits and Electronic Packaging

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 89-94

  Cox, W R ^a   Hayes, D J ^a   Chen, T ^a   Trost, H J ^a   Grove, M E ^a   Hoenigman, R F ^a   MacFarlane, D L ^b  

^a MICROFAB TECHNOLOGIES INC   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

Ink Jet Printing; Micro optics; Optical Interconnects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002683142     PISSN: 10631674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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