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Article: California Inventors Develop Intermediate Frequency Crosspoint Switch
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- September 15, 2007
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- Erick M. Hirata of Torrance, Calif., and Lloyd F. Linder of Agoura Hills, Calif., have developed a crosspoint switch architecture.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The inventive architecture includes a monolithic substrate on which a plurality of electrical inputs are provided. In addition, a plurality of electrical outputs are provided on the substrate. A switch is disposed on the substrate for selectively interconnecting the inputs to the outputs and a control circuit is disposed on the substrate for controlling the switch."
An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "The switch comprises M, N to 1, multiplexers, ...