Optical add/drop interconnect bus for multiprocessor...

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2008-04-29

2008-04-29

Font, Frank G. (Department: 2883)

Optical waveguides

With optical coupler

C385S001000, C385S002000, C385S004000, C385S008000, C385S014000, C385S031000, C398S060000, C398S073000, C359S245000, C359S315000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07366368

ABSTRACT:
An optical bus interconnects two or more processors in a multiprocessor system. One or more electrical-to-optical (“E-O”) transmitters are optically coupled to the optical bus using optical couplers. The E-O transmitters receive electrical signals from the processors and convert the electrical signals to optical signals to be guided onto the optical bus. Optical-to-electrical (“O-E”) receivers are also coupled to the optical bus using the optical couplers. The O-E receivers receive optical signals from the optical bus and convert the optical signals to electrical signals for the processors.

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