Optical mesh-connected bus interconnect for a computer
US5465379A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 1, 1994 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 1, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q2011/0052
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Different components of a computer are interconnected by a free space optical mesh-connected bus network using wavelength division multiple access. The network includes optical elements, such as cylindrical lens or mirrors, to transform a spot of light emitted by a source into a stripe of light that illuminates a row or column of detectors, of which one is tuned to the wavelength of the light for selection. By a succession of such networks appropriately oriented, routing in different perpendicular directions through the network is achieved, whereby any two nodes in a two-dimensional array of nodes can be interconnected.
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