公开(公告)号：US06535318B1

公开(公告)日：2003-03-18

申请号：US09511928

申请日：2000-02-23

申请人： Robert L. Wood ,  Edward A. Hill

发明人： Robert L. Wood ,  Edward A. Hill

IPC分类号： G02B2608

CPC分类号： G02B26/0841

摘要： Integrated optoelectronic devices include a substrate having an opening therein that extends at least partially therethrough and a ledge extending inwardly from a sidewall of the opening. A pop-up mirror is provided in the opening. The mirror has an underside edge that is supported by an upward facing portion of the ledge when the mirror is in a closed position. A hinge is also provided. The hinge mechanically couples the mirror to the substrate so that the mirror can be rotated from the closed position to an open position.

摘要翻译： 集成光电子器件包括其中具有至少部分地穿过其中的开口的衬底和从开口的侧壁向内延伸的凸缘。 开口中设有一个弹出式镜子。 反射镜具有下侧边缘，当反射镜处于关闭位置时，该下侧边缘由凸缘的向上的部分支撑。 还提供铰链。 铰链将反射镜机械地连接到基板，使得反射镜可以从关闭位置旋转到打开位置。

公开(公告)号：US06396975B1

公开(公告)日：2002-05-28

申请号：US09489264

申请日：2000-01-21

申请人： Robert L. Wood ,  Edward A. Hill ,  Ramaswamy Mahadevan

发明人： Robert L. Wood ,  Edward A. Hill ,  Ramaswamy Mahadevan

IPC分类号： G02B626

CPC分类号： G02B6/3572 ,  G02B6/3512 ,  G02B6/3546 ,  G02B6/3582 ,  G02B6/3584 ,  G02B26/085

摘要： A microelectromechanical structure capable of switching optical signals from an input fiber to one of two or more output fibers. In one embodiment, the MEMS optical cross-connect switch comprises a first microelectronic substrate having a pop-up mirror disposed on the surface of the substrate and a rotational magnetic field source, such as a variably controlled magnetic field source. The rotational magnetic field source allows for reliable actuation of the pop-up mirror from a non-reflective state to a reflective state. Additionally the invention is embodied in a MEMS optical cross-connect switch having a first microelectronic substrate having a pop-up mirror disposed on the surface of the substrate and a positioning structure disposed in a fixed positional relationship relative to the first substrate. The positioning structure may comprise a positioning structure extending from a second microelectronic substrate that is in a fixed positional relationship relative to the first microelectronic substrate. The positioning structure serves to restrict further movement of the pop-up mirror when the pop-up mirror has been actuated into a reflective state.

摘要翻译： 一种能够将光信号从输入光纤切换到两个或更多个输出光纤之一的微机电结构。 在一个实施例中，MEMS光学交叉连接开关包括具有设置在基板的表面上的弹出反射镜的第一微电子基板和诸如可变控制的磁场源的旋转磁场源。 旋转磁场源允许将弹出反射镜从非反射状态可靠地致动到反射状态。 另外，本发明体现在具有第一微电子衬底的MEMS光学交叉连接开关中，第一微电子衬底具有设置在衬底的表面上的弹出反射镜和相对于第一衬底以固定位置关系设置的定位结构。 定位结构可以包括从相对于第一微电子衬底处于固定位置关系的第二微电子衬底延伸的定位结构。 当弹起反射镜已经被启动成反射状态时，定位结构用于限制弹出反射镜的进一步移动。

公开(公告)号：US6124663A

公开(公告)日：2000-09-26

申请号：US382790

申请日：1999-08-25

申请人： John M. Haake ,  Vijayakumar R. Dhuler ,  Robert L. Wood

发明人： John M. Haake ,  Vijayakumar R. Dhuler ,  Robert L. Wood

IPC分类号： G02B6/35 ,  G02B6/42 ,  H01L37/00 ,  H03H37/32

CPC分类号： G02B6/3508 ,  G02B6/4226 ,  G02B6/3544 ,  G02B6/3576 ,  G02B6/3584 ,  G02B6/3596

摘要： A fiber optic connector is provided that is capable of precisely aligning an optical fiber with another optical element by using a MEMS positioning apparatus subsystem capable of being manufactured in an affordable, repeatable and reliable manner which can precisely microposition an optical fiber relative to another optical element in each of the X, Y and Z directions.

摘要翻译： 提供一种光纤连接器，其能够通过使用能够以可承受的，可重复和可靠的方式制造的MEMS定位装置子系统来将光纤与另一光学元件精确对准，其可以相对于另一光学元件精确地定位光纤 在X，Y和Z方向中的每一个。

公开(公告)号：US6094650A

公开(公告)日：2000-07-25

申请号：US38808

申请日：1998-03-11

申请人： Killian Stoffel ,  Robert L. Wood

发明人： Killian Stoffel ,  Robert L. Wood

IPC分类号： G01D4/00 ,  G01R22/00 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  H02J3/00

CPC分类号： G01R22/00 ,  G01D4/004 ,  G06F17/3061 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  Y02B90/242 ,  Y04S20/322 ,  Y10S707/99933

摘要： A method and system for efficiently analyzing databases. In one embodiment, the invention is used to analyze data represented in the form of attribute-value (a-v) pairs. A primary step in building the ontology is to identify parent, child and related a-v pairs of each given a-v pair in the database. A parent is an a-v pair that is always present whenever a given a-v pair is present. A child is an a-v pair that is never present unless the given a-v pair is present. Related pairs of a given a-v pair are those a-v pairs present some of the time when a given a-v pair is present. The system calculates relationships between a-v pairs to produce tables of a-v pairs presented according to the relationships. The user performs additional analysis by investigating the a-v pair relationships through a graphical user interface. Additional visualizations of the data are possible such as through Venn diagrams and animations. Plain-text data documents collected, for example, from the Internet can be analyzed. In this case, the system pre-processes the text data to build a-v pairs based on sentence syntax.

摘要翻译： 一种有效分析数据库的方法和系统。 在一个实施例中，本发明用于分析以属性值（a-v）对的形式表示的数据。 构建本体的一个主要步骤是识别数据库中每个给定a-v对的父，子和相关a-v对。 父母是一个a-v对，每当一个给定的a-v对存在时总是存在的。 一个孩子是一个永远不存在的a-v对，除非给定的a-v对存在。 给定a-v对的相关对是当存在给定a-v对时的某些时间的那些a-v对。 系统计算a-v对之间的关​​系，以产生根据关系呈现的a-v对的表。 用户通过图形用户界面调查a-v对关系来执行额外的分析。 数据的其他可视化是可能的，例如通过维恩图和动画。 可以分析从互联网收集的纯文本数据文件。 在这种情况下，系统会根据句子语法对文本数据进行预处理，以构建a-v对。

公开(公告)号：US5909078A

公开(公告)日：1999-06-01

申请号：US767192

申请日：1996-12-16

申请人： Robert L. Wood ,  Vijayakumar R. Dhuler

发明人： Robert L. Wood ,  Vijayakumar R. Dhuler

IPC分类号： B81B3/00 ,  F03G7/06 ,  G02B6/38 ,  G02B6/42 ,  H01H1/00 ,  H01H9/14 ,  H01H61/00 ,  H02N11/00 ,  F01L1/00 ,  H01G7/00

CPC分类号： F03G7/06 ,  B81B3/0024 ,  B81B2201/031 ,  B81B2201/054 ,  B81B2203/0109 ,  B81B2203/051 ,  G02B6/3803 ,  G02B6/4226 ,  H01H1/0036 ,  H01H2001/0042 ,  H01H2001/0068 ,  H01H2061/006 ,  H01H61/00 ,  H01H9/14

摘要： Microelectromechanical actuators include at least one arched beam which extends between spaced apart supports on a microelectronic substrate. The arched beams are arched in a predetermined direction and expand upon application of heat thereto. A coupler mechanically couples the plurality of arched beams between the spaced apart supports. Heat is applied to at least one of the arched beams to cause further arching as a result of thermal expansion thereof, and thereby cause displacement of the coupler along the predetermined direction. Internal heating of the arched beams by passing current through the arched beams may be used. External heating sources may also be used. The coupler may be attached to a capacitor plate to provide capacitive sensors such as flow sensors. The coupler may also be attached to a valve plate to provide microvalves. Compensating arched beams may be used to provide ambient temperature insensitivity.

摘要翻译： 微机电致动器包括至少一个拱形梁，其在微电子衬底上的间隔开的支撑件之间延伸。 拱形梁在预定方向上拱形并且在施加热量时膨胀。 耦合器在间隔开的支撑件之间机械耦合多个拱形梁。 对至少一个拱形梁施加热量，由于其热膨胀而导致进一步的拱起，从而引起联接器沿着预定方向的位移。 可以使用通过拱形梁使电流通过拱形梁的内部加热。 也可以使用外部加热源。 耦合器可以附接到电容器板以提供诸如流量传感器的电容式传感器。 联接器还可以附接到阀板以提供微型阀。 补偿拱形梁可用于提供环境温度不敏感性。

公开(公告)号：US07867695B2

公开(公告)日：2011-01-11

申请号：US10661917

申请日：2003-09-11

申请人： Robert P. Freese ,  Thomas A. Rinehart ,  Robert L. Wood

发明人： Robert P. Freese ,  Thomas A. Rinehart ,  Robert L. Wood

IPC分类号： G02B27/72

CPC分类号： G02B3/0025 ,  B82Y10/00 ,  B82Y40/00 ,  G02B5/1857 ,  G03F7/0002 ,  G03F7/0005 ,  G03F7/0007 ,  G03F7/0015 ,  G03F7/2053 ,  G03F7/24

摘要： Microstructures are fabricated by impinging a radiation beam, such as a laser beam, through a substrate that is transparent to the laser beam, into a negative photoresist layer on the substrate. The negative photoresist layer may be subsequently developed to provide a master for optical and/or mechanical microstructures. Related systems, microstructure products and microstructure masters also are disclosed.

摘要翻译： 通过将诸如激光束的辐射束通过对激光束透明的衬底照射到衬底上的负光致抗蚀剂层中来制造微结构。 可以随后显影负性光致抗蚀剂层以提供用于光学和/或机械微结构的母版。 还公开了相关系统，微结构产品和微结构主体。

公开(公告)号：US20090097229A1

公开(公告)日：2009-04-16

申请号：US12249557

申请日：2008-10-10

申请人： Robert L. Wood ,  John Wilson

发明人： Robert L. Wood ,  John Wilson

IPC分类号： F21V13/04

CPC分类号： G02B3/0006 ,  G02B6/0053

摘要： A light management film can be provided by an optically transparent substrate and an array of microlenses that is formed in a first side of the optically transparent substrate. An optically reflective layer is provided on a second side of the substrate that is opposite the first side, where the optically reflective layer includes apertures therein that are self-aligned to the microlenses.

摘要翻译： 可以通过光学透明基板和形成在光学透明基板的第一面中的微透镜阵列来提供光管理膜。 光学反射层设置在基板的与第一侧相对的第二侧上，其中光学反射层包括与微透镜自对准的孔。

公开(公告)号：US20080211991A1

公开(公告)日：2008-09-04

申请号：US12028563

申请日：2008-02-08

申请人： Robert L. Wood

发明人： Robert L. Wood

IPC分类号： G02F1/1335

CPC分类号： G02F1/133504 ,  G02F1/133512 ,  G02F1/133605 ,  G02F1/133606

摘要： An LCD can include a Compact Collimating Reflector (CCR), is configured to be located downstream in a light path from an LCD light source, where the CCR is configured to reflect light from the LCD light source to provide collimated light downstream from the CCR. A light diffusion film is located downstream from the CCR and is configured to receive the collimated light from the CCR. An LCD panel is located downstream from the CCR.

摘要翻译： LCD可以包括紧凑型准直反射器（CCR），其被配置为位于从LCD光源的光路中的下游，其中CCR被配置为反射来自LCD光源的光，以向CCR下游提供准直光。 光扩散膜位于CCR的下游，并被配置为从CCR接收准直光。 LCD面板位于CCR的下游。

公开(公告)号：US07192692B2

公开(公告)日：2007-03-20

申请号：US10661974

申请日：2003-09-11

申请人： Robert L. Wood ,  Thomas A. Rinehart ,  Robert P. Freese

发明人： Robert L. Wood ,  Thomas A. Rinehart ,  Robert P. Freese

IPC分类号： G03F7/20

CPC分类号： G03F7/0015 ,  G02B3/0025 ,  G02B3/0031 ,  G02B5/1852 ,  G02B5/1857 ,  G03F7/0005 ,  G03F7/161 ,  Y10S430/146

摘要： Microstructures are fabricated by imaging a microstructure master blank that includes a radiation sensitive layer sandwiched between a pair of outer layers, on an imaging platform, to define the microstructures in the radiation sensitive layer. At least one of the outer layers is then removed. The microstructures that were defined in the radiation sensitive layer are developed. The radiation sensitive layer sandwiched between the pair of outer layers may be fabricated as webs, to provide microstructure master blanks.

摘要翻译： 通过在成像平台上成像包括夹在一对外层之间的辐射敏感层的微结构母板来形成微结构，以限定辐射敏感层中的微结构。 然后去除至少一个外层。 开发了在辐射敏感层中定义的微结构。 夹在一对外层之间的辐射敏感层可以制成网，以提供微结构母板坯。

公开(公告)号：US07092166B1

公开(公告)日：2006-08-15

申请号：US11113846

申请日：2005-04-25

申请人： Robert L. Wood

发明人： Robert L. Wood

IPC分类号： G02B27/10 ,  G03B21/60

CPC分类号： G02B3/0043 ,  G03B21/62

摘要： Microlens sheets include a first array of anamorphic micolenses on a face of a substrate. The microlenses in the first array are defined by a first parametric model along a direction of the first array. A second array of anamorphic micolenses is also provided on the face of the substrate, and interspersed with the first array. The microlenses in the second array are defined by a second parametric model that is different from the first parametric model, along the direction of the first array.