Integration of polymer optical waveguides intoprinted circuit boards
- 8 June 2000
- journal article
- Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters
- Vol. 36 (12) , 1052-1053
- https://doi.org/10.1049/el:20000742
Abstract
Temperature stable polymer optical waveguides have been realised and integrated into printed circuit boards (PCBs). A special waveguide fabrication process has been developed which is compatible with standard PCB processing technologies. Multimode waveguides with a 100 × 100 µm2 cross-section have been produced by hot embossing thin polymer foils. Embedding of the waveguide foils into multilayer PCBs has led to a hybrid electrical-optical circuit board solution.Keywords
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