Interconnections having improved signal-to-noise ratio

摘要

The invention is a system and method for improving the signal-to-noise ratio of an electrical data signal transmitted between two electronic modules. An electrical data signal from a first module is amplified by an electrical amplifier to produce an amplified electrical data signal. The electrical amplifier is supplied by a power distribution network. The amplified electrical data signal has a power level sufficiently low such that the electrical amplifier does not cause significant disturbances in the power distribution network so that a plurality of the electrical amplifiers can be proximately located and operated concurrently without significant noise coupling occurring between the electrical amplifiers through the power distribution network. The electrical data signal is then converted to an optical data signal for transmission to a second module. The optical data signal is transmitted to the second module through an optical path where it is optically amplified. The amplified optical data signal is then received at the second module and detected to produce an electrical signal which has a substantially improved signal-to-noise ratio.