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Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 1994

Filed:

Mar. 31, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:

Warren H Lewis, Elizabethtown, PA (US);

Gregory B Powers, Maple Valley, WA (US);

Assignee:

The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 16 ; 385 18 ; 385140 ; 385 19 ;
Abstract

An optical switch having a fixed-position concave reflector, a fixed array of optical waveguides facing the concave reflector, said array including n number of input waveguides for transmitting the optical signal into the switch, and m number of output waveguides adapted to receive the optical signal, and a refractive element located between the reflector and the array of optical waveguides having multiple angular positions for selectively coupling one of the n number of input waveguides with one of the m number of output waveguides, the switch further including an actuator connected to the refractive element for moving the refractive element between angular positions.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Lewis, Warren. (1994). Refractive element optical transmission switch (U.S. Patent No. 5361315). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5361315

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