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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:
Jul. 31, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph P. Miller, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1/101 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1/101 ;
Abstract
Electrical signals are received corresponding to sets of digital data, and output optical signals are delivered, corresponding to the digital data, on at least two optical channels corresponding to different sets of the digital data, using light from a single light source. In another scheme, the optical switch may be integrated with an optical transmission medium (e.g., an optical cable).