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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2010
Moray Mclaren, Bristol, GB;
Nathann Lorenzo Binkert, Redwood City, CA (US);
David A. Warren, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Michael Renne Ty Tan, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Moray McLaren, Bristol, GB;
Nathann Lorenzo Binkert, Redwood City, CA (US);
David A. Warren, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Michael Renne Ty Tan, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
This disclosure is directed to optical-to-electrical receiver and transceiver integrated circuits that can be used to send and receive multiple optical signal data streams using at least one optical bus. In one aspect, a fan-in integrated circuit of a node includes an arbiter/multiplexer, and at least one receiver. Each receiver is electronically connected to the arbiter/multiplexer. Each receiver receives at least one optical signal over an optical broadcast bus and converts the optical signals into a data stream encoded in electronic signals. The arbiter/multiplexer selects one receiver at a time to send an electronic signal to the arbiter/multiplexer and outputs the electronic signal to the node for processing.