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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2001
Chien Cheng Chen, Tu-Chen, TW;
Kun-Tsan Wu, Tu-Chen, TW;
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
An optical switch ( ) according to the present invention comprises a housing ( ), a first I/O port ( ), a second I/O port ( ), a driver ( ) and a switching element ( ). The housing holds the first I/O port and the second I/O port in alignment with a prism ( ) having reflective surfaces ( ) and supports the driver on a substrate ( ) of the housing. A mirror ( ) of the switching element is rotationally attached to the driver, and is movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, light beams from the first and second I/O ports transmit through the prism back to the second and first I/O ports, respectively; in the second position, light beams from the first and second I/O ports are reflected back to the first and second I/O ports by the mirror. Thus light signals from input fibers are switched between two output fibers of the I/O ports.