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US 2026/0100776 A1Published application
Systems and methods for optically connecting processing devices and interfaces
AssigneeMellanox Technologies, Ltd.
InventorsBarak Gafni, Henning Lysdal
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Abstract
A system including multiple processing devices such as application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). Each processing device is provided with light at one or more wavelengths. Each processing device outputs data, at the wavelength of the optical signal received, to one or more interfaces. Each interface outputs a multiplexed signal containing data from each of the processing devices on a single optic fiber.
Claims21
A near-packaged optics device, comprising:
- at least one switch to internally route electrical signals and use light from at least one light source to output optical signals that correspond to the internally routed electrical signals;
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- at least one optical interface optically coupled to the at least one switch and to multiplex the optical signals to form a first combined signal and output the first combined signal from the near-packaged optics device.
A data center, comprising:
- a network of switch systems, at least one switch system including a near-packaged device comprising:
- at least one switch to internally route electrical signals and use light from at least one light source to output optical signals that correspond to the internally routed electrical signals;
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- at least one optical interface optically coupled to the at least one switch and to multiplex the optical signals to form a first combined signal and output the first combined signal from the near-packaged optics device.
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A co-packaged device comprising:
- a substrate;
- at least one switch mounted on the substrate and to internally route electrical signals and use light from at least one light source to output optical signals that correspond to the internally routed electrical signals;
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- at least one optical interface mounted on the substrate and optically coupled to the at least one switch and to multiplex the optical signals to form a first combined signal and output the first combined signal from the co-packaged optics device.
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A switched optical assembly, comprising:
- a first switch to route internal electrical signals and modulate light received from an external source to generate first optical signals;
- a second switch to route internal electrical signals and modulate light received from the external source to generate second optical signals;
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- an optical interface coupled to the first and second switches, the optical interface to multiplex the first and second optical signals into a combined output signal, wherein the first and second switches are mounted on a common substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.