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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:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Henry Hung, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Micro Photonic Integration Corporation, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/10 ;
Abstract
A tuner for optical signals comprises a surface acousto-optic tunable filter utilized to provide signals indicative of the wavelength of the optical signals, a tunable filter, and a processor responsive to the wavelength indicating signals to control the tunable filter such that the tunable filter passes only optical signals at a predetermined wavelength.