Key Manufacturing Requirements for 1.6T Optical Communication PCBs
The rapid growth of AI data centers, high-performance computing, and cloud networking is driving demand for greater data transmission capacity within data centers. Optical communication equipment is evolving toward higher transmission rates and greater port density. With 400G and 800G optical communication technologies becoming more widely adopted, 1.6T optical transceivers and high-speed switching equipment represent an important next stage of development. Increasing transmission rates place greater demands not only on optical transceiver performance but also on PCB signal integrity, interconnection density, and long-term reliability. PCBs provide the electrical connections and high-speed signal paths between components in optical communication equipment, including optical transceivers, data center switches, and associated control units. For high-speed PCBs used in 1.6T applications, material loss characteristics, impedance control accuracy, circuit fa...