Switch complex selectively coupling input and output of a node in two-dimensional array to four ports and using four switches coupling among ports

摘要

A switching element for switchably coupling a two-dimensional array of circuit elements comprises an input, an output, means for switchably coupling the input to the output; a first input/output port, a second input/output port, a third input/output port, and a fourth input/output port, each input/output port being switchably coupled to the input, the output, and each other, wherein the first and third input/output ports are spaced apart along a first axis, and the second and fourth input/output ports are spaced apart along a second axis, wherein the second axis traverses the first axis between the first and third input/output ports.