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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2001
Applicants:
Daniel E. Klausmeier, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jeffrey T. Gullicksen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel E. Klausmeier, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jeffrey T. Gullicksen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
CIENA Corporation, Linthicum, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A switch is provided that includes three stages. The first stages has a plurality of switch circuits. The second stage has a plurality of switch circuits equal to N, where N is any integer other than a power of 2 and where the switch circuits can be logically configured into a logical configuration of a power of 2. The third stages includes a plurality of switch circuits.