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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2001
John C. Carson, Corona Del Mar, CA (US);
Volkan H. Ozguz, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Irvine Sensors Corporation, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Abstract
A compact multi-stage switching network ( ), and a router ( ) incorporating such multi-stage switching network, adapted for simultaneously routing a plurality of data packets from a first plurality of input ports ( ) to selected ones of a second plurality of output ports ( ) comprising: a first stack ( ) of IC switching layers ( ) that are stacked in physical contact with one another, each IC switching layer containing at least one switching element circuit ( ); a second stack ( ) of IC switching layers ( ) that are stacked in physical contact with one another, each IC switching layer ( ) containing at least one switching element circuit ( ); and interconnecting circuitry ( ) that connects the first stack ( ) of IC layers to the second stack ( ) of IC layers to form the compact multi-stage switching network. The stacks ( ) are preferably mated to one another in a transverse fashion in order to achieve a natural full-mesh connection. Also contemplated are the use of superconducting IC switching circuits ( ) and a suitable superconducting cooling housing ( ), as permitted by the compact nature of the multi-stage switching network ( ), in order to operate at high speed and low power.