| 摘要 |
A scalable crossbar switch is enabled by a single crossbar switch chip building block that incorporates input and output queuing circuits. The input and output queuing circuits can by selectively bypassed by voltages applied to configuration inputs. A circuit card used to construct a crossbar switch from the switch chips has the configuration inputs wired to the appropriate voltages so that when a switch chip is placed in a location the correct input or output queuing circuits are bypassed preserving the correct level of queuing and minimizing delays. The single crossbar switch chip building block also has line drivers after the output queuing circuits on all output lines and after the input queuing circuits on all input lines so off chip line driving is preserved on the appropriate lines whenever output queuing circuits are bypassed thus minimizing delays due to off chip loads.
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