Optical time-division switching system employing optical bistable devices
CA 1206633 A · Owner: Nec Corporation · Inventors: Kondo, Michikazu; Nagashima, Kunio
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3? -, "Optical Time-Division Switching System Employing Optical Bistable Devices", ABSTRACT, In an optical time-division switching system time-division multiplexed calling and called station signals are arranged in incoming time slots and applied through an incoming common optical medium to a first optical switching circuit that switches the signals to optical bistable devices in which the signals are stored as binary 1's or 0's. A second optical switching circuit is coupled to the bistable devices for reading the stored calling station signal in the time slot of the called station and reading the stored called station signal in the time slot of the calling station to rearrange the signals …
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- Granted June 24, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 24, 2003.
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