Superconducting packet switch
- Resource Type
- Periodical
- Authors
- Hosoya, M.; Nishino, T.; Hioe, W.; Kominami, S.; Takagi, K.
- Source
- IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on. 5(2):3316-3319 Jun, 1995
- Subject
- Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Packet switching
Switches
Communication switching
Throughput
Type II superconductors
Superconducting devices
Information processing
Asynchronous transfer mode
Numerical simulation
Communication system control
- Language
- ISSN
- 1051-8223
1558-2515
2378-7074
Very broad band throughputs greater than 1T bit/sec are desired in heavily loaded communication systems. Using the merits of superconducting devices, a superconducting network system is expected to improve the throughputs of such communication bottleneck systems. The paper describes a superconducting packet switch which is indispensable to a proposed superconducting network system. Considering the characteristics of various switch architectures, the space-division Banyan type architecture is adopted for a superconducting packet switch proto-type. The complete design of the proto-type is performed and the total operation is numerically simulated and confirmed. A 2/spl times/2 switching element which controls the paths of two packets is a key component of the proto-type. The basic switching element with one-bit data width is fabricated and the correct operation is completely confirmed.ETX