planar polymer waveguides for integrated optical packages
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Planar Polymer Waveguides for Integrated Optical Packages
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Agenda
Introduction vario-optics
Technology
Motivation
Challenges
Coupling strategies
Samples
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Spin-off from Varioprint
5 engineers with long term experience in planar polymer waveguide technology
Own clean room with necessary equipment
Financed privately
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History
2002 Varioprint starts development of EOCB technology
2004 Clean Room installationPatent filed for light coupling concept
2005 1st Electro- Optical Circuit Board (EOCB) demonstrated at the SMT in Nürnberg
2006 Establishing EOCB fabrication processesSuccessful development of two EOCB projects
2007 Winner of the „Swiss Technology Award 2007“
2008 Assembly of electro-optical components with conventional SMD insertion machines shown by FAPS Uni Nürnberg
2009 Spin-off vario-optics ag
2011 New LDI Machine and improved Layer Deposition
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vario-optics ag Business Concept
Development of production technologies for electro-optical printed circuit boards (EOCB) and optical solutions
Manufacturing of electro-optical functional models, prototypes and small and medium series
Providing engineering services to customers
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Targeted Markets
ICT:
– Telecom – routers, switches
– Datacom – switches, servers, storage devices
– Super computing
Sensors:
– Optical sensors
others
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Electro- Optical Circuit Board Technology Concept
Optical Layer
Optical WaveguideMirror
Upper Cladding Lower Cladding
CoreMirror Element
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Manufacturing Step 1: Substrate
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Manufacturing Step 2: Doctor blading of lower cladding
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Manufacturing Step 3: UV-curing of lower cladding
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Manufacturing Step 4:Doctor blading of core layer
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Manufacturing Step 5:Mask Exposuring of core layer
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Manufacturing Step 6: Development of core layer
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Manufacturing Step 7:Doctor blading of upper cladding
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Manufacturing Step 8:UV-curing of upper cladding
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Manufacturing Step 9:Cured upper cladding
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Manufacturing Step 10:Lamination of upper substrate
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Waveguide Properties
Dimension: 30 x 30 µm2 - xxx x 500 µm2
Pitch min. 60 µm
Optical attenuation: < 0.05 dB/cm @ 850 nm
Aspect ratio: 1:1
Numerical Aperture: ~0.33 ( /2 = Θ 19.3°)
Waveguide Material: Polymer
50 µm
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Motivation
Photolithographic process allows the implementation of virtually any optical system
High integration of optics and electronic can be reached
Cost effective, reproducible
Compatible with PCB-manufacturing technologies
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Challenges in panel-based production Waveguides:
Dimensions: <50 µm
Tolerances < 2 µm
Wall roughness < 50 nm
Clean conditions
Substrates
Dimensions: 530 x 610 mm2
Tolerances: > 100 µm
Very bumpy > 5 µm
Dirty and acid environments
High mechanical stress, temperatures, pressure
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Precise Copper Structures
Copper structures for alignment of glass fibers
Alignment structure
FiducialWaveguide Core (50μm)
325μm
Precise aligned copper fiducials
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Passive Assembly of Glass Fibers
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Passive Assembly of Glass Fibers
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Passive Assembly of Glass Fibers
50µm
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Vertical coupling of light beam Cross section of EOCB
Opto-Electronic Device
Mirror
WaveguideParallel
LightBeam
Coupling Element
Optical attenuation 90° reflection: 1.2 dB
Micro mirror pitch: 500 µm
Pick‘n‘Place precision coupling element: x, y: ± 100 µm
Pick‘n‘Place precision transmitter / receiver: x, y: ± 100 µm (3 dB loss)
Layer thickness variation z: up to 1 mm
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Directly attached laserdiode for sensor application
Directly attached laser diode for butt-coupling
Splitter- and taper structures
Passively attached glass fibers Waveguide
Laserdiode
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Laser Source for Medical Application
Highly integrated, fits into a cigarette box
Competes with free-space optics and fiber-coupler/splitte
4 laser sources of different wavelength coupled into one glass fibre
Splitter for reference channel
Currently in clinical test
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Optical PH-Electrode
Highly integrated electro-optical sensor for color detectionComplex planar optical structureOptical layer thickness 500µm
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Optical Backplane
Rigid-flex boards (260 x 360 mm2)
– 192 waveguides on backplane (2 Tbit/s!)
– 192 waveguides on linecard
Finisar's Optical Engine ( 2 x 12 x 10 Gbit/s, passively cooled)
Huber + Suhner's optical backplane connector
Backplane(4 Linecards)
Optical Engines
Line-card
Backplane Stecker Live demo – data rate o 10Gbit/s
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Summary
Polymer waveguides do not reach the optical losses as glass based systems
But!:
Any planar optical system can be realized
Reproduceable and cost-efficient manufacturing
Very high integration density
Direct attach of electro-optical components possible
Passive assembly of optical components
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Contact
Dr. Felix BetschonCEOvario-optics agMittelbissaustrasse 79410 Heiden /SwitzerlandPhone: +41 71 898 80 [email protected]
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The future is bright!