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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terry D. Zhu, Cary, NC (US);
Mark Walters, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
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
MEMS optical switches can include a substrate having first and second opposing faces and at least one side therebetween. An input is obliquely angled towards the face and optically couples optical radiation towards the face. A movable reflector is on the face and moves from a first position to a second position that is parallel to the first position to reflect the optical radiation from the input to provide reflected optical radiation. A output is obliquely angled away from the face and optically couples the reflected optical radiation away from the face.