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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:
Mar. 18, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert Anderson, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Network Photonics, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 ; G02B 6/35 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 ; G02B 6/35 ;
Abstract
A method and optical routing apparatus for directing an optical signal are disclosed. The optical routing apparatus includes an input port configured to provide the optical signal along an incident path and a plurality of output ports configured to receive the optical signal. An optical switching arrangement including a rotatable mirror and a plurality of fixed mirrors is operated to route the optical signal from the input port to one of the output ports depending on the configuration of the optical switching arrangement.