OPTICAL DATA COMMUNICATIONS SWITCHES

Brand	Owner	Address	Description
SOFTOPTICS	Sycamore Networks, Inc.	220 Mill Road Chelmsford MA 018244144	Optical data communications switches for use in data communication networks and software employed in the control of such optical data communications switches;SOFT OPTICS;
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Technical Examples

An apparatus for routing a plurality of optical input signals to a plurality of optical output connections. In one embodiment, a plurality of optical switches are combined to route a number of optical signals that exceed the number of optical inputs for a single switch. The switch array includes a plurality of input switches optically connected to a plurality of intermediate switches, which are optically connected to a plurality of output switches. In the embodiments in which the number of input switches exceed the number of optical outputs of a single input switch, the input switches, intermediate switches, and output switches are arranged in groups or sets.