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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:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2004
Applicant:
Thierry Zami, Massy, FR;
Inventor:
Thierry Zami, Massy, FR;
Assignee:
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A selection module for use in an optical signal switch comprises a spatial selector comprising a plurality of inputs each receiving a wavelength division multiplexed optical signal comprising a plurality of channels each associated with a separate wavelength, an output delivering a single signal selected from the plurality of wavelength division multiplexed signals, and a plurality of spectral selectors each selecting a channel from a plurality of channels of the signal selected by the spatial selector.