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Optoelectronic switch

  • US 9,706,276 B2
  • Filed: 03/16/2016
  • Issued: 07/11/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A switch module, for use in an optoelectronic switch, the switch module having:

  • a client portion for connecting to an input device or an output device;

    a first fabric portion and a second fabric portion, each for processing signals and communicating with other switch modules, the first fabric portion having a transmission side and a receiving side,the transmission side having;

    a transmission side input for receiving a first electronic signal carrying information including information about a destination switch module of the first electronic signal, the first electronic signal received from either;

    an output of the second fabric portion, oran input device, via the client portion;

    a transmission side conversion means for converting said first electronic signal into a first plurality of optical signals containing the same information;

    a transmission side multiplexer for converting the first plurality of optical signals into a multiplexed fabric output signal for transmission to an active switch, andthe receiving side having;

    a receiving side demultiplexer for receiving a multiplexed fabric input signal from an active switch and separating said multiplexed fabric input signal into a second plurality of optical signals;

    a receiving side conversion means for converting the second plurality of optical signals into a second electronic signal, anda receiving side output for sending the second electronic signal to either;

    a transmission side input of the second fabric portion, oran output device, via the client portion.

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