Title :
Design of large-scale Photonic Page Buffer ICs
Author :
Miamilev, F. ; Rozier, Richard ; Rieve, James ; Krishamoorthy, A.
Author_Institution :
North Carolina Univ., Charlotte, NC, USA
Abstract :
We have developed a methodology for designing large-scale Photonic Page Buffer (PPB) integrated circuits (ICs) for parallel accessed optical bit-plane data. These ICs have numerous potential applications including photonic switching, non-volatile data storage (buffering), interfacing smart pixel systems with electronic hosts, implementing cache memory for optical memory devices, parallel processing, spatial format conversion, clock rate conversion, optical wavelength conversion, bandwidth smoothing, clock synchronization, and independent flow control for input and output channels.
Keywords :
buffer circuits; integrated circuit design; integrated optoelectronics; optical design techniques; optical information processing; large-scale Photonic Page Buffer IC design; parallel accessed optical bit-plane data; Clocks; Design methodology; Large scale integration; Large-scale systems; Optical buffering; Optical design; Optical devices; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonic integrated circuits; Wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Applications of Lasers in Materials Processing/Broadband Optical Networks/Smart Pixels/Optical MEMs and Their Applications. IEEE/LEOS 1996 Summer Topical Meetings:
Conference_Location :
Keystone, CO, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3175-3
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.1996.540735
