Practical implementation and packaging technologies for a large-scale ATM switching system

Author

Itoh, Atsuo ; Takahashi, Wataru ; Nagano, Hiroshi ; Kurisaka, Masaru ; Iwasaki, Susumu

Author_Institution

Integrated Switching Dev. Div., NEC Corp., Chiba, Japan

Volume

9

Issue

8

fYear

1991

fDate

10/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1280

Lastpage

1288

Abstract

The practical implementation of a trial large-scale asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switching system and its packaging technologies are described. The architecture of the ATM switching system is discussed with an emphasis on system scalability. A building block architecture in which switching capacity can be expanded in a modular fashion is introduced. The design of the ATM switching system, including the ATM switch element, is described. The implementation of the VLSIs for the ATM switch which realize a highly modular system is explained. Bit-slice techniques are effectively used to realize a high-speed switch element as a CMOS VLSI chipset. An edge-to-edge orthogonal packaging technique is also presented

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; ISDN; broadband networks; electronic switching systems; packaging; time division multiplexing; B-ISDN; CMOS VLSI chipset; asynchronous transfer mode; bit slice techniques; building block architecture; edge-to-edge orthogonal packaging; large-scale ATM switching system; packaging technologies; switching capacity; system scalability; Asynchronous transfer mode; B-ISDN; Communication switching; ISDN; Large-scale systems; Packaging; Paper technology; Scalability; Switches; Switching systems;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.105174

Filename

105174