Chip- and board-level optical interconnections using rigid flexible optical electrical printed circuit boards.

A new optical interconnection scheme based on a rigid flexible optical electrical printed circuit board (RFOE-PCB) is suggested. The easily installed RFOE-PCB can be universally applied for both chip- and board-level optical interconnections. This letter describes the detailed fabrication process, optical properties, and heat-resisting property of the RFOE-PCB. The fabricated RFOE-PCB was also successfully demonstrated with a 2.5Gb/s data transmission through a 45 degrees-ended optical waveguide embedded in the RFOE-PCB. (c) 2008 Optical Society of America.