Patent ID: 6791978
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
A switch network for connecting one of N input ports and one of T output ports, said network comprising an arrangement of switches and being characterized in thateach switch comprises at least one first terminal (E1) to which a first port of a first type is connected, at least one second terminal (S2), to which a second port of a second type is connected, and a contact bridge (24) provided with an actuation device and which on command makes a connection between said first and second terminals, in that said network comprises a plurality of network terminals each constituting at least one of said first terminals (E1) for a first switch (E1, 22, S3) of said network and one of said first terminals for a second switch of said network (E1, 21, S1), and in that said plurality of network terminals comprises a matrix with one of said terminals at each node of said matrix.