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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2007
David A. Fattal, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert N. Bicknell, Corvallis, OR (US);
Charles Santori, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Wei Wu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David A. Fattal, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert N. Bicknell, Corvallis, OR (US);
Charles Santori, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Wei Wu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An optical interconnect includes a first circuit board having an optical source and an optical receiver; and a second circuit board having data source and an optical modulator optically coupled with the optical source and optical receiver, wherein the optical modulator is configured to encode data from the data source into an optical signal from the optical source. The optical receiver is configured to receive the optical signal from the optical modulator. A method of optical communication includes generating on a first circuit board an optical signal directed at a second circuit board; modulating the optical signal with data at the second circuit board; reflecting the optical signal to the first circuit board; and demodulating the optical signal to receive the data at the first circuit board.