Patent ID: 8447187

Claim:
An optoelectronic interconnect suited for high frequency (HF) data transmission comprising a) at least one a low capacitance optical chip suitable for generation of light pulses with rise and fall times shorter than twenty (20) pico-second (ps), wherein said low capacitance is a capacitance below one hundred fifty (150) femto-Farads under operation conditions, b) at least one low capacitance optical chip suitable for detection of light pulses and transforming them into current pulses with rise and fall time shorter than twenty (20) pico-seconds, wherein said low capacitance optical chip has a low capacitance below one hundred fifty (150) femto-Farads under operation conditions, c) at least one pad layout integrated on chip representing a high frequency electric transmission line capable to transmission at rate twenty (20) Gigabit per second or higher, wherein said transmission line has losses below minus three (−3) dB, d) at least one electronic chip representing an integrated circuit capable to operation at a rate twenty (20) Gigabit per second or higher operating as a modulation driver to said low capacitance optical chip used to generate light pulses, e) at least one electronic chip representing an integrated circuit capable to operation at a rate twenty (20) Gigabit per second or higher suitable to amplification of current pulses generated by said low capacitance optical chip used for transforming of light pulses into current pulses, f) a high frequency compatible substrate with high frequency pads to which said components from a) through e) are attached, g) means for attachment of said components from a) through e) to said high frequency substrate, h) at least one optical waveguide, i) at least one optical system for coupling of light generated by said optical chip used to generate light pulses to said at least one optical waveguide, j) at least one optical system suitable for coupling of light coming from said at least one optical waveguide to said optical chip used for detection of light pulses, wherein said optical system does not disturb high frequency signal penetration at the operation rate of said optical interconnect, k) a packaging of said optical interconnect suitable for high frequency operation at the operation rate of said optical interconnect, wherein said high frequency data transmission is transmission at a speed exceeding twenty (20) Gigabit per second, wherein unique combination of said component from a) through k) provides a possibility for ultra-low power consumption, wherein said ultralow power consumption is consumption below ten (10) milliWatt per Gigabit per second (mW/Gbps).