Summary
The advantages of optical fibers for dynamically programmable sequential and combinatorial logic design are critically examined. Three new optoelectronic architectures based on precise optical delays, fan factors, and simultaneous interconnection and logic processing capabilities of fibers are presented. The first of the three is a new type of Johnson counter that effectively replaces a complex hierarchy of relatively slow electronic components with simple and precise optical delay lines. A prototype device in this category has been constructed and tested. The second architecture is that of a novel high-speed optical frequency divider. This architecture exploits a new binary optical modulation scheme using selective optical delays. This architecture also has been fabricated and tested. The final architecture is oriented towards high-speed logic arrays and is based on an optical wide-word read-only memory. The potential advantages of high optical fan factors and precisely calibrated optical delays in the design of the new ROM are examined in detail.
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- Publication Date:1991
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- Degree:Ph.D.
- University:Wayne State University
- Advisor/Supervisor:R. Arrathoon
- Pages:174
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- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1991
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- proquest:303961045
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