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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
May. 22, 2000
Davis Howard Hartman, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Norbert Kleiner, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Douglas Roy Tomren, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Keith Vaclav Warble, Chandler, AZ (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
An optical interconnect system ( ) includes an array of optical sources ( ), a high-density fiber bundle ( ), and an array of optical receivers ( ). The density of the fiber bundle is such that each optical source ( ) couples light to multiple fibers within the bundle. The fiber bundle has a consistent cross section along its length so that the footprint of fibers ( FIG. ) illuminated by a spot ( ) from an optical source illuminates a similar footprint ( FIG. ) over the optical receivers ( ). The optical receiver array has a density of optical receivers such that the footprint of fibers corresponding to a single optical source illuminates at least one optical receiver. A method ( FIG. ) for creating optical source/receiver pairs excites each optical source in turn and detects energy at the optical receiver array.