摘要:
An optical bus for interconnecting electronic devices. The bus has a substrate with through-holes therein. An optically conductive material is disposed on one side of the substrate. The material fills the through-holes and forms a layer of predetermined thickness on this side of the substrate. In the outer surface of this layer there are facets or angled regions. The surface and facets are optically reflective. Cards or modules are optically connected by means of optical connectors to the through-holes on the opposite side of the substrate. Light emitted by the connector travels to the associated faceted surface from which it reflects towards other faceted surfaces from which it is partially transmitted and partially reflected to another connector. The arrangement permits optical communication between a plurality of electronic devices.
摘要:
A direct optical connector (DOC) comprised of first and second members, each including a plurality of light emitting and light detecting locations, operative in combination with energy transfer media to form direct optical connections between the light emitting locations and the light detecting locations, wherein said first and second members are adapted for reclosable connection to each other whereupon the light emitting locations on one member are aligned with the light detecting locations on the other member. The first and second members of the preferred DOC are modular. Alternative forms of energy transfer media are used in various embodiments of the invention including lenslet arrays, imaging fiber plates (IFPs), and energy transfer fiber plates (ETFPs). These media have differing alignment criteria, differing degrees of immunity from crosstalk, differing degrees of transfer efficiency, different manufacturing costs, etc., thereby permitting the fabrication and/or use of a connector most suited to meet the requirements of a particular application.A modular half of a DOC can be used in conjunction with a remote optical connector (ROC) to channel light over relatively long distances. The invention also encompasses processes for fabricating ROCs.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for removing wires bonded between chip contact pads and substrate contact pads using an alternating fluid flow is described. The fluid flow is preferably air. A nozzle having a plurality of air jets within a chip accommodating cavity is disposed over the chip to enclose the chip contact pads, the substrate contact pads and the wires bonded therebetween. Air is forced through the plurality of jets to cause an alternating clockwise and counter clockwise air flow which bends the plurality of wires back and forth until they fatigue at the contact points to the chip contact pads in a substrate contact pads which results in the wires being substantially simultaneously severed therefrom. The nozzle has an aperture out through which the air escapes carrying the severed wires therewith for collection in a filter.
摘要:
An interconnecting and mounting technology involving the use of elastomeric properties. A mounting member grips, in a notch, the edge of a device supporting planar member with the device conductors brought to that edge. Conductors are provided at the surface of the mounting member, contacting the device conductors in the notch, and connecting with external wiring conductors on an external wiring planar member. The external wiring to device conductor interconnecting conductors can be on flex tape including elastomeric contact adaptation. Retention force for mounting member compression and mounting member to external wiring planar member retention is provided.
摘要:
A system for testing chips uses a patterned tape having a patterned array of cantilevered contact leads. The tape serves as an interface between the chip under test and a testing unit by providing conductive leads from the I/O terminals on the chip to an off-chip measuring system. The leads on the array may have balls, tips or other shapes on the end to provide contact with the terminals and compensate for height differences. The tape is a single frame or has a series of arrays each positioned around an opening where the chip will be located when a particular pattern is positioned over that chip for test. The pattern on the tape may be the same array or a different array. The tape is indexed to a new pattern when the old one is damaged or no longer needed. Alignment with the chip is by optical sensing and physical pin movement. The tape may have a flap protruding into an aperture and deflectable to provide for planar contact of the leads to the device under test.
摘要:
According to a technique, an electronic device is configured to correspond to characteristic features of a biological synapse. The electronic device includes multiple bipolar resistors arranged in parallel to form an electronic synapse, an axonal connection connected to one end of the electronic synapse and to a first electronic neuron, and a dendritic connection connected to another end of the electronic synapse and to a second electronic neuron. An increase and decrease of synaptic conduction in the electronic synapse is based on a probability of switching the plurality of bipolar resistors between a low resistance state and a high resistance state.
摘要:
A system, method, and design structure for address-event-representation network simulation are provided. The system includes a hardware structure with a plurality of interconnected processing modules configured to simulate a plurality of interconnected nodes. To simulate each node, the hardware structure includes a source table configured to receive an input message and identify a weight associated with a source of the input message. The hardware structure also includes state management logic configured to update a node state as a function of the identified weight, and generate an output signal responsive to the updated node state. The hardware structure further includes a target table configured to generate an output message in response to the output signal, identify a target to receive the output message, and transmit the output message. The hardware structure may further include learning logic configured to combine information about input messages and generated output signals, and to update weights.
摘要:
An IC structure having reduced power loss and/or noise includes two or more active semiconductor regions stacked in a substantially vertical dimension, each active semiconductor region including an active layer. The IC structure further includes two or more voltage supply planes, each of the voltage supply planes corresponding to a respective one of the active layers.
摘要:
A method for making an optical fiber transmission apparatus for limiting the optical modes which were emitted from a source in such a way to impinge on an optical fiber to extract a high bandwidth from the fiber. The apparatus includes a lens or aperture to control the angle and distribution of light launched into the fiber. The apparatus achieves reproducibly high bandwidths in large core step-index optical fibers of short transmission length distances. The lens or aperture introduces light from the source into the fiber at an angle at which substantially no intermode delay occurs as the light propagates down the fiber. An integral fiber optic coupling assembly that includes an optical electronic component receptacle, the lens and/or aperture, and an optical fiber connector interface which provides low cost easy to manufacture assembly is also disclosed. A unitary plastic housing provides the function of a lens and mechanical reference or locating features for the light source and optical fiber.
摘要:
A system, method, and design structure for address-event-representation network simulation are provided. The system includes a hardware structure with a plurality of interconnected processing modules configured to simulate a plurality of interconnected nodes. To simulate each node, the hardware structure includes a source table configured to receive an input message and identify a weight associated with a source of the input message. The hardware structure also includes state management logic configured to update a node state as a function of the identified weight, and generate an output signal responsive to the updated node state. The hardware structure further includes a target table configured to generate an output message in response to the output signal, identify a target to receive the output message, and transmit the output message. The hardware structure may further include learning logic configured to combine information about input messages and generated output signals, and to update weights.