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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:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph E. Ford, Oakhurst, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 ; G02B 6/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 ; G02B 6/42 ;
Abstract
A multistage optical switching network that uses a layout that provides equidistant paths between any input port and any output port. It uses a combination of double-surface sided micromechanical movable mirrors as the switches and stationary single-surface coated stationary mirrors.