US Patent Issued to Ciena on July 1 for "Crosspoint switch with MuLED IO ports and imaging fiber cables" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,913, issued on July 1, was assigned to Ciena Corp. (Hanover, Md.).

"Crosspoint switch with MuLED IO ports and imaging fiber cables" was invented by Daniel Rivaud (Ottawa), Michael Y. Frankel (Pikesville, Md.), Vladimir Pelekhaty (Baltimore) and Michael Wingrove (Stittsville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods include an optical switch system which provides a combination of MuLED arrays, PDs, imaging fiber cables, and crosspoint switch on a single chip. The system includes one or more input ports with each input port configured to connect to an input fiber bundle. The system additionally includes one or more outp...