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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 11, 2008
Applicants:

Moray Mclaren, Bristol, GB;

Jung Ho Ahn, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Nathan L. Binkert, Redwood City, CA (US);

Alan L. Davis, Coatville, CA (US);

Norman Paul Jouppi, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Moray McLaren, Bristol, GB;

Jung Ho Ahn, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Nathan L. Binkert, Redwood City, CA (US);

Alan L. Davis, Coatville, CA (US);

Norman Paul Jouppi, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 (2006.01); G02B 6/12 (2006.01); G02F 1/313 (2006.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/293 (2006.01); G02B 6/35 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12007 (2013.01); G02B 6/29338 (2013.01); G02B 6/35 (2013.01); G02B 6/3546 (2013.01); G02B 6/356 (2013.01); G02F 1/3137 (2013.01); G02F 1/3138 (2013.01); G02F 2201/17 (2013.01); G02F 2202/32 (2013.01); G02F 2203/15 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0005 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0066 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0016 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0035 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0058 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to optoelectronic network switches. In one embodiment, an optoelectronic switch includes a set of roughly parallel input waveguides and a set of roughly parallel output waveguides positioned roughly perpendicular to the input waveguides. Each of the output waveguides crosses the set of input waveguides. The optoelectronic switch includes at least one switch element configured to switch one or more optical signals transmitted on one or more input waveguides onto one or more crossing output waveguides.


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