Free-space angle-multiplexed optical interconnect network
US5781671A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 4, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jul 14, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 4, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B10/803
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A point-to-point optical network for interconnecting processing elements uses a two-dimensional array of chips, each of which includes a two-dimensional array of lasers that are used to target a two-dimensional array of photodetectors. A two-dimensional array of lenslets together with a spherical lens are used to focus light from a laser in the j, k position in any one of the laser arrays in any one of the chips on the particular photodetector in the j,k position in the photodetector array.
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