622 MB S/CHANNEL PARALLEL DIGITAL OPTICAL RECEIVER ARRAY MODULE USINGHYBRID PACKAGING/

Given the high data rates (>500 Mb/s) achievable in optical links usin g current device technologies, low cost packaging of transmitters and receivers plays a key role in rendering them viable for short-haul dat a communication networks, The authors report a 12 channel, fully digit al, hybrid receiver module for a synchronous parallel optical datalink operating at 622 Mb/s/channel, The use of a multichip module (MCM) an d the passive alignment of the MT-connectorized multimode ribbon fiber to the photodetector array result in a simple low cost packaging solu tion.