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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2006
Hans Eberle, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nils Gura, Mountain View, CA (US);
Wladyslaw Olesinski, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hans Eberle, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nils Gura, Mountain View, CA (US);
Wladyslaw Olesinski, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A switch contains a first semiconductor die, which is configured to receive signals on a plurality of input ports and to output the signals on a plurality of output ports. The first semiconductor die is further configured to selectively couple the signals between the input and output ports using a plurality of switching elements in accordance with a set of control signals, which correspond to a configuration of the switch. During this process, a plurality of proximity connectors, proximate to a surface of the semiconductor die, are configured to communicate the signals by capacitive coupling.