Karl Muth

In recent years higher integration of optics with electronics has been proposed using the advantages of silicon photonics. In particular co-packaging of optical engines with Ethernet switch ICs. Within the last year there has been a lot of progress on these co-packaged optical switch designs. This presentation shows the architecture and performance data of a "half optics" 25Tb/s switch system with a linear interface between the optical engine and the switch SERDES as one implementation example. Design considerations and potential implementation issues are addressed. An outlook for future systems is given.

Biography:

Karl Muth is currently Senior Principal Systems Architect at Broadcom San Jose, CA. He is a member of the silicon photonics founding team at Broadcom and is leading the architecture and design of integrated terabit optics. During his career he has worked with industry leading companies on the design of wireless and optical transceivers and numerous chipsets for RF and high speed optical communications. He has authored or co-authored 15 journal or conference papers and holds 18 patents in the fields of RF and high speed optical communication systems. He is a co-recipient of the 2021 Charles Kao Award for Best Optical and Networking Paper. Mr. Muth is a member of OPTICA, a member of the IEEE and the IEEE-SA.