OPTO-ELECTRONIC SWITCHES WITH MULTI-CHANNEL SELECTOR DEVICES FOR BROADBAND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AND OPTO-ELECTRONIC SELECTOR DEVICES FOR SAID SWITCHES

摘要

P OPTO-ELECTRONIC SWITCHES FOR BROADBAND MULTI-SERVICE TELECOMMUNICATION CABLE SYSTEMS HAVING ON THE ONE HAND A SELECTOR PANEL (RECEIVER OR TRANSMITTER) CARRYING A PLURALITY OF COMPOSITE OPTO-ELECTRONIC ORGANS (SELECTING ORGANS) OF WHICH EACH HAS A MATRIX OF OPTO-ELECTRONIC CELLS (PHOTODIODES OR LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES) AND MEANS OF CELL SELECTION, ON THE OTHER HAND A TABLE (TRANSMITTER OR RECEIVER) CARRYING A PLURALITY OF OPTO-ELECTRONIC ORGANS (CONJUGATED ORGANS) AND OPTICALLY CONJUGATED WITH EACH ORGANS FROM THE SELECTOR PANEL. WITH A VIEW TO ALLOWING THE REDUCTION OF THE NUMBER OF SELECTOR BODIES IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE ADVANTAGES ATTACHED TO THESE REDUCTIONS, THE MEANS OF SELECTING EACH SELECTOR ARE MEANS (100A, ..., 100D) OF CONNECTING RESPECTIVELY, TO THE LINKS D 'A PLURALITY OF CHANNEL LINKS (120A, ..., 120D) ATTACHED TO THE SELECTOR BODY, CELLS EACH OF WHICH IS SELECTED IN A ZONE OF A PLURALITY OF AREAS (130A, ..., 130D) OF THE MATRIX. / P