Flexo-printed polymer waveguides for integration in electro-optical circuit boards

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Original languageEnglish
Article number035001
Number of pages11
JournalFlexible and Printed Electronics
Volume9
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - 4 Jul 2024

Abstract

Electro-optical circuit boards (EOCBs) offer great potential for short-ranged data transmission in highly electro-magnetic inflicted environments. Finding a cost-efficient way to manufacture EOCB only using additive printing processes could establish, increase, and secure data transmission in PCB systems. Flexo printing is an efficient manufacturing process that combines high contour resolution and layout flexibility to create optical waveguides. Previous research has shown that printing waveguides on a polymethylmethacrylate substrate can enable optical data transmission for up to 20 cm. However, a thermo-resistant polyimide (PI) substrate is needed to integrate printed waveguides into PCB. Since PI does not meet optical demands, waveguide cores must be separated by printed optical cladding. This research aims to investigate the additive printing process, which stacks various polymers to achieve waveguides that are ready for integration. Further, the integration in PCB is validated according to functional testing of the optical structures. An entire manufacturing process for printed EOCB is presented, which enables the investigation of optical coupling processes in upcoming research.

Keywords

    electro-optical circuit boards, functional flexo printing, polymer optical waveguide, printed waveguides

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Flexo-printed polymer waveguides for integration in electro-optical circuit boards. / Evertz, Andreas; Pleuß, Jonathan; Reitz, Birger et al.
In: Flexible and Printed Electronics, Vol. 9, No. 3, 035001, 04.07.2024.

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Evertz, A, Pleuß, J, Reitz, B & Overmeyer, L 2024, 'Flexo-printed polymer waveguides for integration in electro-optical circuit boards', Flexible and Printed Electronics, vol. 9, no. 3, 035001. https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-8585/ad5c7b
Evertz, A., Pleuß, J., Reitz, B., & Overmeyer, L. (2024). Flexo-printed polymer waveguides for integration in electro-optical circuit boards. Flexible and Printed Electronics, 9(3), Article 035001. https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-8585/ad5c7b
Evertz A, Pleuß J, Reitz B, Overmeyer L. Flexo-printed polymer waveguides for integration in electro-optical circuit boards. Flexible and Printed Electronics. 2024 Jul 4;9(3):035001. doi: 10.1088/2058-8585/ad5c7b
Evertz, Andreas ; Pleuß, Jonathan ; Reitz, Birger et al. / Flexo-printed polymer waveguides for integration in electro-optical circuit boards. In: Flexible and Printed Electronics. 2024 ; Vol. 9, No. 3.
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