BS EN 62496-1:2009

What is BS EN 62496-1 – Optical circuit boards about?

BS EN 62496-1 is the first part of an international standard that focuses on general specifications of optical circuit boards.

BS EN 62496-1 applies to optical circuit boards possessing all of the following general features:

• Transmit patterns with a straight, cross, bending optical paths and input and output optical ports in plane
• Optical paths consisting of optical fibres and optical waveguides
• Controlled lengths of the optical paths, if required
• functions to interconnect between optical components and the ability to mount components
• May be combined with a printed electric circuit board, the functionality of which is outside the scope of BS EN 62496-1

Who is BS EN 62496-1 - Optical circuit boards for?

BS EN 62496-1 on general specifications of optical circuit boards is useful for:

• Telecommunication component manufacturers
• Manufacturers of optical circuit boards
• Computer chip manufacturers
• Quality control personnel
• Electrical/ electronics engineers

Why should you use BS EN 62496-1 - Optical circuit boards?

The optical circuit board is an assembling device having arbitrary optical transmit patterns with straight/cross/bending optical paths which consist of optical fibres and/or optical waveguides with input/output optical ports in the plane.

The core of the overall concept is the realization of three-dimensional optical routing on the board level using electrical-optical circuit boards (EOCB) in combination with electro-optical transceivers. Many varieties of optical circuit board technology exist today, which differ strongly from each other in terms of their intrinsic waveguide technology.

BS EN 62496-1 lays out the technical specifications for the optical circuit boards such as classification, documentation, etc. that showcase the varieties of the optical circuit board including flexible optical circuit board, rigid optical circuit board, non-planar shape optical circuit board, etc. Using these optical boards could help the users to allow high-performance optical signal transmission with significantly improved performance, reliability, lower costs, and higher energy efficiency.

BS EN 62496-1 specifies the requirements for optical circuit board requirements helping the users with the construction and designing of the optical circuit board according to the IEC standard system. It helps you with the standardization of the optical boards by verifying the performance requirements as well as by informing you about identification and marking systems.