Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical communications apparatus and method
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Application No.: US15331268Application Date: 2016-10-21
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Publication No.: US09641917B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Yunfei Yan , Zhiyong Feng , Han Zhao , Liangjia Zong
- Applicant: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: CN Shenzhen
- Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: CN Shenzhen
- Agency: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
- Main IPC: H04J14/00
- IPC: H04J14/00 ; H04J14/02 ; H04B10/24 ; G02B6/28 ; G02B6/42 ; G02B6/26 ; H04Q11/00 ; G02B6/293 ; G02B6/27

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention provide an optical communications apparatus, where the apparatus includes: an input system, a first optical switch array, and an output system, where the input system includes N input ports that are one-dimensionally arranged on a first plane, a first beam expander, a demultiplexer, and a first optical path changer; the first optical switch array includes N×K first optical switch units that are two-dimensionally arranged on a second plane, and the first optical switch units can rotate in a first axial line direction and a second axial line direction; and the output system includes a second optical path changer, a second beam expander, a second optical switch array, and M output ports that are two-dimensionally arranged.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170041689A1 OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2017-02-09
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