Table 1 Performance comparison with state-of-the-art low-crosstalk switch fabrics

From: Ultra-low-crosstalk silicon switches driven thermally and electrically

Category

Work

Port count

Topology

Blocking Characteristic

IL [dB]

CT [dB]

Speed µs/ns

Footprint [mm2]

T-O

35

8 × 8

S&S

SNB

~4.0

<−30 (min), <−16 (over 80 nm)

250

8.0 × 8.0

36

8 × 8

PA-S&S

SNB

2.5–4.0

<−40 (min), <−30 (over 90 nm)

N/A

8.5 × 4.5

37

16 × 16

Beneš

RNB

4.2–6.2

<−30 (over 10 nm)

22

7.0 × 3.6

38

32 × 32

Dilated-Beneš

RNB

~15–~40

~35

70/1400

12.0 × 12.0

This work

8 × 8

DLN

SNB

4.0–5.0

<−40 (min), <−30 (over 40 nm)

500

6.5 × 5.7

E-O

39

8 × 8

DLN

SNB

5.7–8.7

<−30 (over 7 nm)

10

12.0 × 7.0

20

16 × 16

Customized dilated topology

SNB

12–19

<−30 (over 40 nm)

6

12.6 × 12.6

This work

8 × 8

DLN

SNB

8.5–14.4

<−40 (min), <−30 (over 10 nm)

100

7.8 × 6.1

  1. IL Insertion loss, CT Crosstalk, RNB Rearrangeably non-blocking, SNB Strictly non-blocking