发明名称 Optical computer bus with dynamic bandwidth allocation
摘要 A signal communication device for use within a computer includes a set of optical fibers configured to form an optical computer bus between a set of computer sub-system elements of a computer. A set of input optical connector cards are connected to the set of optical fibers. Each of the input optical connector cards includes a transmitting dynamic bandwidth allocator responsive to an optical bus clock signal operating at a multiple of a computer system clock signal such that a set of bus time slots are available for each computer system clock signal cycle. The transmitting dynamic bandwidth allocator allows a light signal to be applied to the optical computer bus during a dynamically assigned bus time slot. In this way, the optical computer bus bandwidth can be dynamically allocated to different computer sub-system elements during a single computer system clock signal cycle.
申请公布号 US6823140(B1) 申请公布日期 2004.11.23
申请号 US20000680151 申请日期 2000.10.03
申请人 SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 发明人 DAVIDSON HOWARD L.
分类号 G06F3/00;H04L12/44;(IPC1-7):H04B10/20;G06F13/36;H04J3/02;H04J14/00;H04L12/43 主分类号 G06F3/00
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