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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. 10, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
David W. Gomes, Jamaica Plains, MA (US);
Mani Sundaram, Nashua, NH (US);
John S. Ahearn, Amherst, NH (US);
Assignee:
BAE Systems Information and Electronic System Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/28 ; G02B 6/35 ; G02B 6/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/28 ; G02B 6/35 ; G02B 6/12 ;
Abstract
A signal matrix provides high speed interconnections using optoelectronic elements by detecting wavelength dependent photonic signals at each element of a matrix and re-emitting the detected photonic signals for transmission to an intended destination. Applications include telecommunications and computing, and particularly, cross bar switches and fiber optic bundles.