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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2014
Applicants:
Opel Solar, Inc., Storrs Mansfield, CT (US);
The University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventor:
Geoff W. Taylor, Mansfield, CT (US);
Assignees:
Opel Solar, Inc., Mansfield, CT (US);
THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 3/00 (2006.01); H04B 10/66 (2013.01); G02B 6/10 (2006.01); H03K 19/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/66 (2013.01); G02B 6/10 (2013.01); G02F 3/00 (2013.01); H03K 19/215 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical XOR circuit that includes a thyristor and control circuitry operably coupled to terminals of the thyristor. The control circuitry is configured to control switching operation of the thyristor in response to the ON/OFF states of two digital optical signal inputs such that the thyristor produces a digital signal output that is the XOR function of the two digital optical signal inputs.