Active mini-MCM daughterboard for optical interconnect insertion into microelectronic systems

Suggests various ways in which conventional silicon electronics might be used in an MCM daughterboard configuration to support optical interconnection modules for MCM-to-MCM optical interconnections. The emphasis is on achieving a synergistic merging of silicon electronic functions and III-V optoelectronics within a compact module that appears to be an electronic component at one end and appears to be a reliable optical interconnection component at the other end.<>