摘要:
A fault tolerant optical apparatus resilient to ballistic impact damages, capable of enabling distributed processing and networking and using the spectrophotometric transmission properties of polymer film.
摘要:
Embodiments of the present invention relate to an on-chip optical interconnection structure and network. The on-chip optical interconnection structure includes M levels of optical switching devices; and m th -level optical switching devices in the M levels of optical switching devices include 2 m -1 optical switching devices. Each optical switching device in (i-1) th -level optical switching devices in the M levels of optical switching devices is connected to two optical switching devices in i th -level optical switching devices. Two optical switching devices that are in the i th -level optical switching devices and that are connected to a same optical switching device in the (i-1) th -level optical switching devices are connected. The on-chip optical interconnection network is divided into levels, and switching devices connected in a grid manner are formed, so that hierarchical switching may be performed, and conflicts and delays in communication are reduced. In addition, optical switching devices at a bottom layer of the on-chip optical interconnection structure allow faster and more effective communication between computer components without accessing an optical switching device at a higher layer.
摘要:
Apparatus and methods for rack level pre-installed interconnect for enabling cableless server, storage, and networking deployment. Plastic cable waveguides are configured to couple millimeter-wave radio frequency (RF) signals between two or more Extremely High Frequency (EHF) transceiver chips, thus supporting millimeter-wave wireless communication links enabling components in the separate chassis to communicate without requiring wire or optical cables between the chassis. Various configurations are disclosed, including multiple configurations for server chassis, storage chassis and arrays, and network/switch chassis. A plurality of plastic cable waveguide may be coupled to applicable support/mounting members, which in turn are mounted to a rack and/or top-of-rack switches. This enables the plastic cable waveguides to be pre-installed at the rack level, and further enables racks to be installed and replaced without requiring further cabling for the supported communication links. The communication links support link bandwidths of up to 6 gigabits per second, and may be aggregated to facilitate multi-lane links.
摘要:
Intrapersonal communication systems and methods that provide an optical digital signal link between two or more local devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, the system includes a first signal converter disposed at a first end of the optical digital signal link and configured to convert between electrical digital signals from a first local device and optical digital signals from the optical digital signal link. The system can include an optical connector having a non-contact portion configured to couple optical digital signals between the first signal converter and the optical digital signal link across a gap. The system can include a second signal converter disposed at a second end of the optical digital signal link and configured to convert between electrical digital signals from the second local device and optical digital signals from the optical digital signal link.
摘要:
Even if a board-to-board distance is lower than a bending resistance limit of an optical transmission path (4) (bending resistance cannot be maintained), the optical transmission path (4) is accommodated within the distance to realize a reduced accommodation space. An optical transmission module (1) includes the optical transmission path (4) that performs optical transmission between a first circuit board (20) and a second circuit board (30), and the first circuit board (20) and the second circuit board (30) are disposed opposite to each other. The optical transmission path (4) includes a bending portion (4C) having a folded structure having a bending radius R, and a circumferential portion drawn by the bending radius R is provided substantially perpendicular to board surfaces of the first circuit board (20) and the second circuit board (30).
摘要:
Even if a board-to-board distance is lower than a bending resistance limit of an optical transmission path (4) (bending resistance cannot be maintained), the optical transmission path (4) is accommodated within the distance to realize a reduced accommodation space. An optical transmission module (1) includes the optical transmission path (4) that performs optical transmission between a first circuit board (20) and a second circuit board (30), and the first circuit board (20) and the second circuit board (30) are disposed opposite to each other. The optical transmission path (4) includes a bending portion (4C) having a folded structure having a bending radius R, and a circumferential portion drawn by the bending radius R is provided substantially perpendicular to board surfaces of the first circuit board (20) and the second circuit board (30).
摘要:
An optical interconnect has a plurality of optical data sources, a plurality of optical data receivers, a diffractive optical element configured to diffract an optical beam from at least one alignment optical source to at least one sensor, and an aligning element configured to align optical beams from the optical data sources to said optical data receivers, according to readings from the sensor.