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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2002
William David Bragg, Plano, TX (US);
Peter Earl Stokes, Indian Harbour Beach, FL (US);
John W. Ayres, Iii, Forney, TX (US);
William David Bragg, Plano, TX (US);
Peter Earl Stokes, Indian Harbour Beach, FL (US);
John W. Ayres, III, Forney, TX (US);
Pivotal Decisions LLC, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A flexible optical circuit comprising passive or active components is provided. The flexible optical circuit includes a first optical fiber having both first and second ends, a second optical fiber having both first and second ends, a flexible substrate attached to both the first and second optical fibers where the first and second pins of the first and second optical fibers extend to at least the edge of the flexible substrate and a component coupled to the first optical fiber between the first and second ends. The component can be used passive or active. A passive component requires no electrical trace lines to activate the component and the passive component will react upon the reception of a light-wave signal. The active component will require power from the back plane before the active component can modify or affect the light-wave signal. The first and second ends of the optical fibers extend at least to the edge of the flexible optical circuit or can extend beyond the edge of the flexible substrate. The flexible optical fibers can be fixedly attached to the flexible substrate through an adhesive or the flexible optical fibers can be intermittently fixedly attached to the flexible substrate.