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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2010
Applicants:
Long Yang, Union City, CA (US);
Mark H. Garrett, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Jeffrey E. Ehrlich, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Long Yang, Union City, CA (US);
Mark H. Garrett, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Jeffrey E. Ehrlich, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Capella Photonics, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical apparatus can include an optical port array having an M×N array of fiber collimator ports. The array of ports is configured such that there is a gap within each column of ports located between two rows of ports. The gap is wide enough to permit a hitless beam switching trajectory to pass between the two rows of ports from one side of the array of ports to an opposite side.