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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard B. Holmes, Cameron Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Nutronics, Inc., Cameron Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/710 ; H04J 1/400 ; H04B 1/020 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/710 ; H04J 1/400 ; H04B 1/020 ;
Abstract
This invention enables a plurality of switch elements, each capable of receiving and transmitting a specific wavelength of light, to exchange information and to multiplex temporally-encoded information in time from two or more of the local processors. The process is accomplished by the use of an intermediate plane that has one or more ports that can detect light over a broad band of wavelengths, and that can transmit light at one or more specific wavelengths back to the local processors. The ports may be used to transmit time multiplexed and/or wavelength multiplexed signals.