Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hyperscale photonics connectivity solution
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Application No.: US16057626Application Date: 2018-08-07
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Publication No.: US10530481B1Publication Date: 2020-01-07
- Inventor: Terrel Morris , Daniel Alan Berkram
- Applicant: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
- Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Nolte Intellectual Property Law Group
- Main IPC: H04B10/40
- IPC: H04B10/40 ; G02B6/42 ; H04Q11/00

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides an effective solution to employ hyperscale photonics connectivity using existing server connections. The solution described in the present disclosure eliminates top-of-rack switches and facilitates a manner for servers to connect directly to middle-of-row switches. An apparatus consistent with the present disclosure includes a primary transceiver device. The primary server-end transceiver device comprising a photonics transceiver and a first electrical transmitter. The apparatus further includes a first secondary server-end transceiver device, the first secondary server-end transceiver device comprising a second electrical transmitter. In addition, a first electrical cable electrically couples the primary server-end transceiver to the first secondary server-end transceiver device. The present disclosure enables the use of an input fiber connection and a photonics transceiver to effect two sets of electrical connections on different servers.
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