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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:
Aug. 31, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark M. Meyers, Allentown, PA (US);
Daxue Xu, Fogelsville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/00 ; G02B 2/600 ; G02B 6/32 ; G02B 6/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/00 ; G02B 2/600 ; G02B 6/32 ; G02B 6/26 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides, in one aspect, an optical device, a method of manufacture therefor, and an optical system including the same. The optical device may include a membrane configured to be electrically deformable and reflective. The membrane may further be positioned over a cavity located within a substrate. The device may additionally include a transmissive spacer coupled to the substrate, and a lens coupled to the transmissive spacer and optically aligned with the membrane.