An optical backplane connection system with pluggable active board interfaces

Circuit World

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 20-25

  Pitwon, Richard ^a   Hopkins, Ken ^a   Milward, Dave ^a  

^a Xyratex Technology Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circuit boards; Integrated circuits; Polymers

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL LOSSES; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; SCATTERING; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

OPTICAL BACKPLANE CONNECTION SYSTEM; OPTICAL SIGNALS;

OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 36248983166     PISSN: 03056120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03056120710836909     Document Type: Article

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