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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1988
Gregory L Tangonan, Oxnard, CA (US);
Vincent L Jones, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Stephen R Forrest, Torrance, CA (US);
Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
An optoelectronic crossbar switch 50 for selectively connecting signals on a plurality of optical fiber channels 52 to a given number of output receivers 30-36. Each optical fiber channel is split into a different number of optical fibers 56(a-h) which are arranged into an array having a plurality of rows and columns. Each row contains a fiber from each channel. A current summation network 58 is provided for each row and advantageously employs a plurality of selectively activatable detectors 60-74. The detectors are held in their open circuit state via a CMOS multiplexer 80 so as to minimize crosstalk between addressed and nonaddressed detectors. The switch 50 construction also minimizes the number of required components.