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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yao Li, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Richard A Linke, Princeton, NJ (US);
Ting Wang, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
NEC Research Institute, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 17 ; 359117 ; 359115 ; 359139 ; 372 50 ;
Abstract
A point-to-point optical network for interconnecting processing elements uses a two-dimensional array of chips, each of which includes a two-dimensional array of lasers that are used to target a two-dimensional array of photodetectors. A two-dimensional array of lenslets together with a spherical lens are used to focus light from a laser in the j, k position in any one of the laser arrays in any one of the chips on the particular photodetector in the j,k position in the photodetector array.