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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 17, 2020
Applicant:

Unispectral Ltd., Ramat Gan, IL;

Inventors:

Peleg Levin, Rishon Le-Zion, IL;

Eliahu Chaim Ashkenazi, Jerusalem, IL;

Ariel Raz, Kfar Vradim, IL;

Assignee:

Unispectral Ltd., Ramat Gan, IL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/26 (2006.01); G01B 7/00 (2006.01); G01B 7/06 (2006.01); G01R 31/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G02B 26/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/2605 (2013.01); G01B 7/00 (2013.01); G01B 7/08 (2013.01); G01R 31/00 (2013.01); G01R 31/2829 (2013.01); G02B 26/001 (2013.01); G02B 26/007 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure provides, among other aspects, a technique, employed in a system and method, for monitoring a state of a tunable optical filter, typically a MEMS tunable filter such as a Fabry-Perot filter. The technique utilizes application of an actuation voltage signal characterized by a first component configured for causing a movement of a movable optical member of the tunable filter and a second component configured for being responsive for each given state of the tunable filter, i.e each optical gap results in a different response of the second component. The response of the second component to the state of the tunable filter, i.e. its variation profile from the original applied second component of the voltage signal is being indicative of the state of the tunable filter.


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