Programmable electro-optic packaging and interconnect system

Details Programmable electro-optic packaging and interconnect system Programmable electro-optic packaging and interconnect system

Filed on

1990-12-26

Date issued

1993-07-13

Examiner

Gonzalez, Frank

Patent Class

Optical waveguides

SubClass

With disengagable mechanical connector

SubSubClass

Optical fiber to a nonfiber optical device connector

Other Related Categories

385135, G02B 642

Type

Patent

Status

active

Patent number

052281051

Description

ABSTRACT:
A programmable electro-optic packaging and interconnect system for computers and parallel processors includes a plurality of network terminals which are packaged in modular form, connected together with optical fibers, connectors and power/ground connections which are embedded in a suitable material to form a monolithic optical backplane. Each terminal includes one or more bypass lines and is connected to the bypass line of at least one upstream terminal. The terminal receives optical data signals from upstream terminals via a primary line and one or more bypass lines which bypass one or more of the upstream terminals. The terminals includes a logic device which analyzes the signals received by the terminal via the primary line and via the bypass line and analyzes or compares these signals to preset values. The logic device selects the signal having characteristics closest to the preset values and rejects the other signals. The logic device likewise activates a built-in test circuit. If multiple signals are rejected for not having characteristics within a preset range, all of the data is rejected. The selected primary or bypass signal is sent to an input/output device such as a computer.

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