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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2008
Filed:
May. 25, 2007
Applicants:
Trevor Niblock, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Gerard Dirk Smits, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Trevor Niblock, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Gerard Dirk Smits, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G02B 6/35 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical switch is implemented with one or more cantilevered optical channels, which are formed in a flexible waveguide structure, and an actuator which is connected to the cantilevered optical channels, to position the cantilevered optical channels to direct an optical signal along one of a number of optical pathways.