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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2015
Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a switch unit for optical signals which is capable of reducing an area required for arrangement and reducing manufacturing costs, and a switch apparatus including the switch unit. A switch unitaccording to one embodiment of the present invention includes two optical switch arraysarranged to face in opposite directions and in parallel on a substrate. The two optical switch arrays extend along a surface of a chip, and each have four optical switchesarranged in parallel. Such a configuration makes it possible to reduce the size of the switch unit because in an excess region of one of the optical switch array, the other optical switch array is disposed.