Patent ID: 11930309
Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. The photonics-electronics convergence switch according to claim 5, wherein
each of the optical switches is a waveguide optical switch fabricated using a planar lightwave circuit (PLC) technique,
the electronic circuit, the plurality of optical transmitter-receivers, the plurality of optical switches, the wiring, and the optical waveguides are formed on an upper surface of one and the same substrate,
the wiring and the optical waveguides compose an interposer with optical waveguides, and
the electronic circuit, the plurality of optical transmitter-receivers, and the plurality of optical switches are arranged, in the formed state, on one and the same plane of an upper surface of the interposer with optical waveguides.