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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 1997
Filed:
May. 30, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles M Rhoads, Plano, TX (US);
Gary Frazier, Garland, TX (US);
Richard G Hoffman, II, Plano, TX (US);
Oren B Kesler, Plano, TX (US);
Daniel J Ryan, Sycamore, IL (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359248 ; 372 12 ;
Abstract
Generally and in one form of the invention this is a periodic surface filter comprising at least one element at a surface of the filter and electronic controls to change the optical characteristics of the element. The surface filter is used as a switchable filter in a cavity for a Q-switch.