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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
May. 13, 2002
Gian-Luca Bona, Hedingen, CH;
Michel Despont, Adliswil, CH;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Described is a device for directing an optical signal from a first optical fiber ( , . . . ) along one of a plurality of selectable switching paths each terminating in a corresponding one of a plurality of second optical fibers ( , . . . ) via an optical element ( , . . . ), the optical element ( , . . . ) being moveable by a controllable actuator ( ) from a first to a second position to change the switching path of incident optical signal. The optical element ( , . . . ) is slideably mounted in parallel to a first mounting plate ( ) comprising a conduit ( ) through which the optical signals from the first optical fiber ( , . . . ) can be directed by the optical element ( , . . . ) along the selected one of the switching paths to one of a plurality of conduits ( ) in a second mounting plate ( ) parallel to the first mounting plate ( ), and further to the corresponding one of second optical fibers ( , . . . ).