Patent ID: 7654751

Claim:
An electro-optical data transmission arrangement for transmitting optical data signals at a data transmission rate, the arrangement comprising: an optical multicore fiber comprising a plurality individual optical fibers, the multicore fiber having first and second end faces, each of the individual fibers having first and second end faces, the first end face of the multicore fiber coinciding with the first end faces of the individual fibers, the second end face of the multicore fiber coinciding with the second end faces of the individual fibers; first and second electro-optical transducers arranged on the first and second end faces, respectively, of the multicore fiber, wherein the first electro-optical transducer comprises at least one phototransmitter pixel and the second electro-optical transducer comprises at least one photoreceiver pixel, and wherein at least one of the electro-optical transducers comprises a plurality of pixels, wherein at least one phototransmitter transmits an optical data signal over the multicore fiber; and a strength device for determining a strength of the transmitted signal for a plurality of combinations of phototransmitter and photoreceiver pixels, wherein a combination of phototransmitter and photoreceiver pixels are activated for which a sufficiently strong transmitted signal is determined, and wherein non-activated phototransmitter and photoreceiver pixels are short-circuited.