OPTICAL INTERCONNECT NETWORKS

摘要

An optical interconnect network has four stages (S4 to S7) each formed from two-dimensional perfect shuffle interconnect stage (6) and a two-dimensional array of processing modules (8) each of which has a two-dimensional array of inputs and outputs. The use of two-dimensional modules provides an increase in optical channels which can be processed compared to the equivalent one-dimensional modules. The modules can perform switching functions.