Integrated optical switch

An integrated electronic circuit comprising:

• an input terminal configured to receive an analog electronic signal;
• an output terminal configured to deliver a sampled signal;
• and
• an optical switch comprising a photoconductor body that comprises a first series of contacts coupled to the input terminal and a second series of contacts coupled to the output terminal, the switch configured to have an electrically ON state coupling the first series of contacts to the second series of contact in response to an optical signal, the switch configured to have an electrically OFF state decoupling the first series of contacts from the second series of contact in response to an absence of the optical signal, wherein the photoconductor body comprises a first end configured to receive the optical signal, and an opposite second end, wherein a first distance between one of the first series of contacts to one of the second series of contacts at the first end is different from a second distance between another one of the first series of contacts to another one of the second series of contacts at the second end.

An optical switch comprising:

• a photoconductor body comprising a first end configured to receive an optical signal, and an opposite second end, a first edge and an opposite second edge;
• an input terminal configured to receive an electrical input signal at the first edge;
• an output terminal configured to deliver an electrical output signal at the second edge;
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• a control node configured to switch the optical switch between an electrically ON state coupling the input terminal to the output terminal and electrically OFF state decoupling the input terminal from the output terminal based on a presence or absence of the optical signal at the first end, wherein a first distance between the first edge and the second edge at the first end is different from a second distance between the first edge and the second edge at the second end.