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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:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vladmir Anatolyevich Aksyuk, Piscataway, NJ (US);
David John Bishop, Summit, NJ (US);
Randy Clinton Giles, Whippany, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 1/400 ; H04J 1/402 ; G02B 6/26 ; G02B 6/32 ; G02B 6/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 1/400 ; H04J 1/402 ; G02B 6/26 ; G02B 6/32 ; G02B 6/06 ;
Abstract
An optical crossconnect constructed of micro -electromechanical systems (MEMS) tilt mirror arrays for selectively routing optical signals to optic fibers. The crossconnect includes a lens array for directing optical signals from a fiber array to the MEMS mirror array. Individual mirror elements in the mirror array reflect the optic signals to additional optic elements such as a planar mirror, a transmissive/reflective optical element or a second MEMS mirror array for routing the optical signals to output optic fibers.