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US 2025/0097611 A1Published application
Cross-connect switch architecture
AssigneeRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
InventorsBassem Fahs, Robert F. Karlicek, JR., Mona Mostafa Hella
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Abstract
A cross-connect switch architecture is described. A cross-connect switch device includes a cross-point switch array, a plurality of photo detectors and a plurality of amplifiers. The cross-point switch array includes a plurality of switches. Each switch is coupled between a respective photo detector and a respective amplifier and is configured to couple the respective photo detector to the respective amplifier when the switch is selected.
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An optical system comprising:
- a plurality of cross-connect switch devices;
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- an optical cross-connect configured to couple an input cross-connect switch device to one or more output cross-connect switch devices,
- each cross-connect switch device comprising a cross-point switch array, a plurality of photo detectors, and a plurality of laser diode drivers, each cross-point switch array comprising a plurality of switches, each switch coupled between a respective photo detector and a respective amplifier.
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