Custom Configurations - Agilent Technologies 86060C Product Overview

Custom configurations

In addition to the many stan-
dard options, Agilent offers a
variety of custom configurations
to tailor the optical switch for
specific test applications.
Some of the more important
configurations are described
here. For information on other
types of custom switches,
please contact your local
Agilent field representative.
Multi-layered Switches
The 8606xC family offers multi-
layered switch configurations
in a single chassis. This pro-
vides added flexibility and
functionality while minimizing
rack or bench space. Integrated
multi-layer software can con-
trol up to 4 separate switch
layers in a single box. An
example of a 4 layer switch is
shown in Figure 5. It consists
of two 1x2 switches on layers
S1 and S2 and two 2x8 switch-
es in layers S3 and S4 in a sin-
gle chassis. The front panel
display in Figure 6 shows the
channel configuration in each
of the four layers.
Blocking Switches
In addition to the standard
"non-blocking" design, the
8606xC series switches can be
specified in a "blocking" con-
figuration (i.e., only one input
channel can be connected to
the output). This is achieved
in two ways.
The first type of blocking
solution is where every other
output channel position is uti-
lized (see Figure 7). In this
configuration only one input
channel can be connected to
A 1
Layer S1
A 1
Layer S2
A 2
Layer S3
A
1
A 2
Layer S4
A 1
Figure 5. Multi-layered switch example
86062C
Lightwave Switch
S2 S3
S1
A1-
OFF
Figure 6. Layer S1 showing input side of automated testbed shown in Figure 2
an output channel, while the
other input is not aligned to
any connecting port. The advan-
tage to this design is that low
insertion loss can be maintained.
However, the total number
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of available output channels
is reduced by half. For the
8606xC family, the limit would
be 50 output channels in this
blocking configuration.
B 2
B 1
B 2
B 1
B 8
B 3
B 2
B 1
B 8
B 3
B 2
B 1
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7 8 9
4 5 6
1 2 3
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