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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2002
Jonathan Lacey, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brian Lemoff, Union City, CA (US);
Julie Fouquet, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An optical switch has a plurality of input ports and a plurality of output ports. The optical switch features a fan-out fan-in architecture has a fan-out stage, a fan-in stage, and a coupling mechanism. The fan-out stage is coupled to the plurality of input ports and has a first orientation. The fan-in stage is coupled to the plurality of output ports and has a second orientation. The coupling mechanism optically couples the fan-out stage with the fan-in stage and maintains a predetermined relationship between the first orientation of the fan-out stage and the second orientation of the fan-in stage.