Patent ID: 6977950

Claim:
A network for distributing a power signal in an optoelectronic circuit, said network comprising: a plurality of electrically conductive pathways forming at least a first level wherein each level is comprised of a plurality of segments linearly extending from a common point, each of the segments of respective levels having equal lengths, and wherein the segments of a next order higher level are formed at the extremities of a previous order lower level, the extremities of the previous order lower level functioning as the common point for the formation of the next order higher level; means for coupling said power signal from a primary input to the common point of the first level; and terminal nodes coupled at the extremities of a last level for supplying said power signal to a plurality of optical signal generating devices that form at least a portion of said optoelectronic circuit, wherein the number of segments connecting said primary input to each of said terminal nodes is equal such that the power supplied by the terminal nodes to each of the plurality of optical signal generating devices is substantially equal.