iNEMI Optoelectronics Initiatives

iNEMI projects & initiatives

Optoelectronics TIG
       Fiber Connector End-Face Inspection Specifications
       Optoelectronics for Substrates
       Fiber Optic Signal Performance (completed)
       Fiber Optic Splice Improvement (completed)
       Fiber Optic Splice Loss Measurement Specification (completed)
       Fiber Handling (completed)

Press releases

NEMI Plans Optoelectronics "Gap Analysis" Meeting and Discusses Findings of 2002 NEMI Roadmap at Upcoming Conferences (03.24.03)

NEMI Launches Project to Improve Fiber Optic Splicing (08.19.02)

NEMI Launches New Optoelectronics Projects (06.11.02)

NEMI Launches Optoelectronics Initiatives, Focuses Efforts of Leading Electronics Manufacturers on Implementation Challenges (08.13.01)

Articles

"Packaging and Physical Design in the Bandwidth Era" John Stafford, Printed Circuit Fabrication (PC Fab), May 2001 (cover story), p. 34

"Optotelectronic Components Place New Demands on Package and Assembly", John Stafford, CircuiTree, April 2001 (cover story), p. 117.

"Last Word: Optoelectronics: A Critical Technology Driver," John Stafford, EP&P, March 2001 (requires log-in).

Presentations

iNEMI Optoelectronics TIG Meetings (held at OFC/NFOEC 2005, March 7, 2005, Anaheim, CA).

Optical Connector Contamination and its Influence on Optical Signal Performance, presented by Randy Manning, Tyco Electronics, IEC SC86B/WG6, April, 2004 (Warsaw, Poland).

Degradation of Optical Performance of Fiber Optic Connectors in a Manufacturing Environment (poster session presented by Tatiana Berdinskikh, Celestica, at APEX 2004 February 26, 2004)

Is that Splice Really Good Enough? Improving Fiber Optic Splice Loss Measurement, NEMI Fiber Optic Splice Improvement Project, Peter Arrowsmith, Celestica, APEX 2004, February 26, 2004 (Anaheim, CA). paper     presentation

NEMI Cost Analysis: Optical vs. Copper Backplanes (Part 1: Benchmarking Copper), presented by Adam Singer, Cookson Electronics, for Jack Fisher, APEX 2004, February 26, 2004 (Anaheim, CA).

Improving Fiber Optic Splice Loss, presented by Peter Arrowsmith, Celestica, and Denis Gignac, Nortel Networks, International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) working group technical sessions, October 7, 2003 (Montreal).

Optical Connector Contamination and its Influence on Optical Signal Peformance, Tatiana Berdinskikh, Celestical International, et al, International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) working group technical sessions, October 7, 2003 (Montreal).

OMI Conference 2003 (Ottawa, Canada)

Panel: "Optoelectronics - Mainstream or Tributary? (NEMI's Optoelectronics Initiatives)," Alan Rae, Cookson Electronics, Fiberoptic Automation Conference (co-located with NEPCON West and Assembly West), December 4-6, 2002, San Jose, CA.

"NEMI's Effort to Make Optoelectronics Manufacturing Mainstream," Alan Rae, Cookson Electronics, and Ron Gedney, NEMI, (presented at, and published in the proceedings of, SMTA - Optoelectronics and the Telecom Revolution, November 13-15, 2001, Dallas).

"Assembly Using Optoelectronic Packages," Alan Rae, IMAPS 2001 Conference, September 24, 2001, Oslo, Norway.

NEMI Optoelectronics Workshop (summary of session sponsored by NEMI in conjunction with the IPC International Conference on Opto-Electronics, May 3-4, 2001, Toronto, Ontario).