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EP0033631A2
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Processor arrangements
Assignee: Cessione gec Plessey Telecomunications Ltd
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Filing: 1981-01-27
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2001-01-27
Abstract
Abstract A processor arrangement consists of a number of individual autonomous processor units which communicate with each other by means of electro-magnetic waves. The electro-magnetic energy is typically at infra-red optical frequencies. Although the energy necessary to operate the individual processor units can be supplied by means of conductive bus bars, in a preferred arrangement the energy is supplied from a light source at optical frequencies to photo cells mounted on each of the processor units. Each processor arrangement is provided with an input-output device which communicates with the individual processor units by means of electro-magnetic waves and is provided with external conductive leads in a conventional manner. The whole processor arrangement is encapsulated in an evacuated chamber.
Inventors
- 👤 Frederick Bernard De Neumann
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 13:17
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04B; H04B10/00; H04B10/80; H04B10/801; G; G06; G06F; G06F1/00; G06F1/04; G06F1/10; G06F1/105; G06F1/26
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
31 words
A processor arrangement including a plurality of individual processors mounted within a common chamber with data communication between at least some of the individual processors being by means of electromagnetic waves.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
31 words
A processor arrangement including a plurality of individual processors mounted within a common chamber with data communication between at least some of the individual processors being by means of electromagnetic waves.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 1 and wherein the electromagnetic waves are radiated from one to another.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 2 and wherein each processor is enabled to communicate directly by means of electromagnetic waves with all of the remaining individual processors.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 1 and wherein the electromgnetic waves are guided from one processor to another by waveguides.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 4 and wherein each processor is enabled to communicate directly by means of waveguides with those individual processors which are closely adjacent to it.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
An arrangement as claimed in any of the preceding claims and wherein the processors are provided with be energy necessary to operate them via conductive leads which are physically attached to them.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 2 or 3 and wherein the processors are provided with the energy necessary to operate them by the radiation to them of electromagnetic energy.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 7 and wherein the radia-ted electromagnetic energy is at microwave frequencies.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 8 and wherein the wavelength of the energy is of the order of the dimensions of the individual processors.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 7 and wherein the radiated electromagnetic energy is in the form of light.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
35 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 10 and wherein each processor isprovided with the energy necessary to operate it from a common light emissive source which is arranged to illuminate all of the individual processors.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
26 words
An arrangement as claimed in claim 11 and wherein the light energy is modulated so as to impart a common reference clock frequency to each processor.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
23 words
An arrangement as claimed in any of the preceding claims and wherein theindividual processors are all similar and capable of independent autonomous operation.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
15 words
A processor arrangement substantially as illustrated in and described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
15 words
A processor arrangement substantially as illustrated in and described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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