US 12,008,147 B2
Co-packaged switch with integrated quantum key distribution capabilities
Paraskevas Bakopoulos, Ilion (GR); Ioannis (Giannis) Patronas, Piraeus (GR); Dimitris Syrivelis, Volos (GR); Liron Mula, Ramat Gan (IL); Aviad Levy, Ge'alya (IL); and Elad Mentovich, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Yokneam (IL)
Filed by MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Yokneam (IL)
Filed on Nov. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/520,093.
Claims priority of application No. 20210100741 (GR), filed on Oct. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0132571 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 21/72 (2013.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 21/85 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/72 (2013.01) [H04L 9/0852 (2013.01); H04L 63/0435 (2013.01); H04L 63/061 (2013.01); G06F 21/85 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A switch, comprising:
a multi-chip module (MCM) assembly, comprising:
switching circuitry;
an encryption unit that is configured to encrypt and/or decrypt communications processed by the switching circuitry; and
a plurality of chiplets, wherein at least one of the plurality of chiplets comprises the encryption unit; and
a controller coupled with the MCM assembly and configured to provide interconnectivity between the MCM assembly and a Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) device.