COMPUTER MODELING AND SIMULATION OF THE OPTOELECTRONIC-TECHNOLOGY-CONSORTIUM (OETC) OPTICAL BUS

The Optoelectronic Technology Consortium (OETC) 16 Gbit/s, 32-channel parallel fiber optic bus introduces new requirements for modelling and simulation of an optical bus which were not present for previous sing le-channel optical link systems. These requirements include the simula tion of the statistical variation in component parameters, timing skew , and crosstalk. Due to the required simulation of statistical variati on in component parameters, a time-efficient simulation approach such as the quasi-analytical simulation methodology is vital, In addition, the adoption of a block-oriented simulation environment facilitates mi xed-level simulation which minimizes the computational requirements of the bus simulation while achieving the required accuracy in the simul ation of all bus components, Simulation results indicate that while no ise is not a limiting fatter in the performance of the optical bus, ti ming skew, and device uniformity across the channels of the bus are th e most important factors for satisfactory performance, Experimental me asurements confirm these simulation results.