Simulation of electro-optical connections taking into account the spatial position

摘要

A device for setting the transmission behaviour of opto- electronic connections, in which an electro-optical transmitter is linked to an opto-electrical receiver via an optical conductor (waveguide)(20), and in which setting of the transmission behaviour is achieved by calculation or measurement, using an electrical network simulating the link. The transmitter (10) part-model is linked, via a part-model of the optical transmission path, to the receiver (30) part-model. The transmitter part-model and the receiver part-model have a terminal matching the electrical connection and at least two terminals matching the optical outputs or inputs, which represent the emission behaviour of the transmitter and the reception- characteristics of the receiver. The optical conductor part-model has as many terminals at its input as the transmitter part-model has at its output and as many terminals at its output as the receiver part-model has at its input. The emission components or reception components are determined by the spatial distribution of the optical signals.