Design of large-scale Photonic Page Buffer ICs

Author

Miamilev, F. ; Rozier, Richard ; Rieve, James ; Krishamoorthy, A.

Author_Institution

North Carolina Univ., Charlotte, NC, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

5-9 Aug. 1996

Firstpage

38

Lastpage

39

Abstract

We have developed a methodology for designing large-scale Photonic Page Buffer (PPB) integrated circuits (ICs) for parallel accessed optical bit-plane data. These ICs have numerous potential applications including photonic switching, non-volatile data storage (buffering), interfacing smart pixel systems with electronic hosts, implementing cache memory for optical memory devices, parallel processing, spatial format conversion, clock rate conversion, optical wavelength conversion, bandwidth smoothing, clock synchronization, and independent flow control for input and output channels.

Keywords

buffer circuits; integrated circuit design; integrated optoelectronics; optical design techniques; optical information processing; large-scale Photonic Page Buffer IC design; parallel accessed optical bit-plane data; Clocks; Design methodology; Large scale integration; Large-scale systems; Optical buffering; Optical design; Optical devices; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonic integrated circuits; Wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Applications of Lasers in Materials Processing/Broadband Optical Networks/Smart Pixels/Optical MEMs and Their Applications. IEEE/LEOS 1996 Summer Topical Meetings:

Conference_Location

Keystone, CO, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3175-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOSST.1996.540735

Filename

540735