ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,944, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Rambus Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Multidrop optical input/output module" was invented by Thomas Vogelsang (Mountain View, Calif.) and Mark D. Kellam (Siler City, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Multidrop optical connections are used for an optical memory module. Multiple buffer integrated circuits on a module each receive information from the host system using different wavelengths of light transmitted on the same waveguide. Multiple buffer integrated circuits each transmit information back to the CPU using different wavelengths of light transmitted on another waveguide. Wavelength resonant ...