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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2002
Claude Bourgeois, Bôle, CH;
Patrick Debergh, Cressier, BE;
Stephan Gonseth, Epalinges, CH;
Grégoire Perregaux, Saint-Blaise, CH;
Felix Rudolf, Corcelles, CH;
Appolonius Van Der Wiel, Tervuren, NL;
Colibrys S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
This switching device comprises at least one cell made up of a moving structure consisting in a flexible cantilever beam ( ) and an integral screen ( ) attached to said beam, being able to move between two end positions (A, B) and of actuating electrodes ( ) for subjecting said structure to forces of attraction to control its movements. The electrodes ( ) are located on each side of the beam ( ) in such a way as to follow its exact shape when it is in one of its two end positions. A regular movement of the moving structure and a reliable operating of the switching device are thus obtained This invention may be used in optical switching applications.