IP Library Granted Patent US 12,546,937
Granted Patent B2
US 12,546,937 · App. 17/989,383 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Photonic fabric chip device

Inventors: Jose M. Castro (Naperville, IL); Richard J. Pimpinella (Prairieville, LA); Bulent Kose (Burr Ridge, IL); Yu Huang (Orland Park, IL); Ronald A. Nordin (Naperville, IL); Robert A. Reid (Battle Ground, IN)
Assignee: Panduit Corp.
G02B6/12004G02B6/12002H04Q11/0005H04Q2011/0056
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Patent No.
US 12,546,937
App. No.
17/989,383
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Apparatuses having a plurality of optical duplex and parallel connector adapters, such as MPO connectors and LC adapters, where some adapters connect to network equipment in a network and others to servers or processing units such as GPUs, incorporate internal photonic circuit with a mesh. The light path of each transmitter and receivers is matched in order to provide proper optical connections from transmitting to receiving fibers, wherein complex arbitrary network topologies can be implemented.

Claims (1)

1 . An apparatus having a plurality of optical duplex and parallel connector adapters where the apparatus incorporates an internal photonic circuit with a mesh, wherein the light path of each transmitter and receivers is matched in order to provide proper optical connections from transmitting to receiving fibers, wherein the connector adapters are associated with inputs and outputs and further wherein every input is connected to every output and every output is connected to every input.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2023
From: CASTRO, JOSE M.; PIMPINELLA, RICHARD J.; KOSE, BULENT; HUANG, YU; NORDIN, RONALD A.; REID, ROBERT A.
To: PANDUIT CORP.
Reel/Frame 064435/0489 →
Continuity (1)
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