Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical switch
- Patent Title (中): 光开关
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Application No.: US11805955Application Date: 2007-05-25
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Publication No.: US07444042B1Publication Date: 2008-10-28
- Inventor: Trevor Niblock , Gerard Dirk Smits
- Applicant: Trevor Niblock , Gerard Dirk Smits
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
- Current Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agent Mark C. Pickering
- Main IPC: G02B6/26
- IPC: G02B6/26 ; G02B6/42 ; G02B6/35
Abstract:
An optical switch is implemented with one or more cantilevered optical channels, which are formed in a flexible waveguide structure, and an actuator which is connected to the cantilevered optical channels, to position the cantilevered optical channels to direct an optical signal along one of a number of optical pathways.
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