Ultra-thin and low-power optical interconnect module based on a flexible optical printed circuit board

Abstract

We describe an ultra-thin and low-power optical interconnect module for mobile electronic devices such as mobile phones and notebooks. The module was fabricated by directly packaging optic and electronic components onto a thin and flexible optical printed circuit board having a size of 70×8×0.25 mm. The completed active module has features of thinness (0.5 mm), small size (7×5 mm), very low total power consumption (15.88 mW), and high data rate transmissions (2.5 Gbps).