Open rack node-to-node communication via a low-cost optical bus
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsMichael Stumpf, Sandor Farkas, Kevin Mundt
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Abstract
An information handling system may include an optical bus system for managing nodes. The optical bus system may include a plastic optical fiber configured to transmit light signals between the nodes. The plastic optical fiber includes a plurality of molded notches positioned at predetermined intervals along a length of the plastic optical fiber. Each of the plurality of molded notches is configured to allow light ingress into and light egress from the plastic optical fiber for multi-node communication.
Claims20
An optical bus system, comprising:
- a plastic optical fiber configured to transmit light signals between a plurality of nodes, wherein the plastic optical fiber further comprises:
- a plurality of molded notches positioned at first predetermined intervals along a length of the plastic optical fiber, wherein each of the plurality of molded notches is configured to allow a light ingress into and a light egress from the plastic optical fiber;
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- a shield enclosing the plastic optical fiber, wherein the shield further comprises:
- a plurality of shield openings positioned at second predetermined intervals along a length of the shield, wherein the shield openings are aligned with corresponding molded notches to allow the light ingress into and the light egress from the plastic optical fiber.
An information handling system comprising:
- a plurality of nodes;
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- an optical bus system, further comprising:
- a plastic optical fiber configured to transmit light signals between the plurality of nodes, wherein the plastic optical fiber further comprises:
- a plurality of molded notches positioned at first predetermined intervals along a length of the plastic optical fiber, wherein each of the plurality of molded notches is configured to allow a light ingress into and a light egress from the plastic optical fiber for node-to-node communication;
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- a shield enclosing the plastic optical fiber, wherein the shield further comprises:
- a plurality of shield openings positioned that at second predetermined intervals along a length of the shield, wherein the shield openings are aligned with corresponding molded notches to allow the light ingress and the light egress.
An optical bus system, comprising:
- a plastic optical fiber configured to transmit light signals between a plurality of nodes, wherein the plastic optical fiber further comprises:
- a plurality of molded notches positioned at predetermined intervals along a length of the plastic optical fiber, wherein each of the plurality of molded notches is configured to allow a light ingress into and a light egress from the plastic optical fiber for node-to-node communication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.