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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2004
Kenneth J. Triebes, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
John Chilese, Cupertino, CA (US);
Larry H. Capots, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kenneth J. Triebes, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
John Chilese, Cupertino, CA (US);
Larry H. Capots, Mountain View, CA (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A communication terminal including a steering module including a plurality of articulating-turning mirrors configured to selectively direct a corresponding plurality of sets of transmitted beams to sets of listeners; a plurality of static turning mirrors optically coupled to the articulating-turning mirrors, wherein the articulating-turning mirrors are respectively associated with the static turning mirrors; and a refractive common optic optically coupled to the static-turning mirrors; and an optical module including a plurality of transmitter-receiver modules optically coupled to the refractive common optic.