Patent ID: 6829237
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: G06T,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A compact multi-stage switching network adapted for simultaneously routing a plurality of data packets from a plurality of input ports to selected ones of a plurality of output ports comprising:a first stack of IC layers including a plurality of IC switching layers that are stacked in physical contact with one another, each IC switching layer containing at least one switching element circuit; a second stack of IC layers including a plurality of IC switching layers that are stacked in physical contact with one another, each IC switching layer containing at least one switching element circuit; a third stack of IC layers including a plurality of IC switching layers that are stacked in physical contact with one another, each IC switching layer containing at least one switching element circuit; and means for interconnecting each of the plurality of IC layers in the first stack of IC layers to each of the plurality of IC layers in the second stack of IC layers and for interconnecting each of the plurality of IC layers in the second stack of IC layers to each of the plurality of IC layers in the third stack of IC layers to form the compact multi-stage switching network.