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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2022
Equinix, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Balakrishnan Sridhar, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Iwan Kartawira, San Jose, CA (US);
Manveer Singh, Tracy, CA (US);
Mohan Rao G. Lingampalli, San Jose, CA (US);
Equinix, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
An example optical switch includes a plurality of input ports and a plurality of output ports, a cross-connect fabric having one or more inputs, one or more outputs, and a device to selectively cross-connect the inputs with the outputs. The optical switch includes an integrated fast optical switch comprising a first input, a first output, and a second output, wherein the first input is connected to a first one of the outputs of the cross-connect fabric, and wherein the integrated fast optical switch has a switching time that is less than a switching time of the cross-connect fabric to switch the first input between the first output on a path to a first output port of the plurality of output ports and the second output on a path to a second output port of the plurality of output ports.