Optical Interconnection System and Method

摘要

An optical interconnection system and method are provided. The system includes two or more basic components that are stacked and interconnected. The basic component includes an optical network layer and an electrical layer, where in each basic component, the optical network layer is electrically interconnected with the electrical layer, and the optical network layer of each basic component is optically interconnected with an optical network layer of an adjacent basic component, and through optical interconnection in three-dimensional space, a limitation on a quantity of stacked electrical layers is reduced, and efficiency of signal transmission is increased.

主权项

1. An optical interconnection system, comprising:
two or more basic components that are interconnected, wherein each basic component comprises an optical network layer and an electrical layer, wherein the optical network layer of the basic component comprises an optical transceiver and an optical switch, wherein the optical transceiver comprises an optical receiver, wherein the optical switch comprises an arbitration logic device and an inter-layer optical switch, wherein the optical network layer of the basic component is electrically interconnected with the electrical layer, wherein the optical network layer of the basic component is optically interconnected with an optical network layer of another basic component, wherein an arbitration logic device of a first basic component is configured to:
receive a first optical signal;transmit the first optical signal to an optical receiver of the first basic component when the destination of the first optical signal is the first basic component; andtransmit the first optical signal to an inter-layer optical switch of the first basic component when the destination of the first optical signal is not the first basic component, wherein the inter-layer optical switch of the first basic component is configured to transmit the first optical signal to an optical network layer of an adjacent basic component of the first basic component when the inter-layer optical switch of the first basic component receive the first optical signal transmitted by the arbitration logic device of the first basic component, and wherein the optical receiver of the first basic component is configured to:
convert the first optical signal into a first electrical signal when the optical receiver of the first basic component receive the first optical signal transmitted by the arbitration logic device of the first basic component; andtransmit the first electrical signal to an electrical layer of the first basic component.