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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. 15, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12 ; G02B 6/26 ; G02F 1/29 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12 ; G02B 6/26 ; G02F 1/29 ;
Abstract
An optical switch comprising two segments at least partially separated by a surface that is partially reflective and partially transmissive to the optical signals being switched, each segment having at least one optical input and at least one optical output, the segments being arranged such that an optical signal can be switched from said input to said output by reflection from said surface, with the optical signal that is generated by transmission through said surface being directed to an output of the other segment.