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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
May. 13, 2010
Applicants:
Anthony Kewitsch, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Seth Greenberg, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Paul Hudson, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Anthony Kewitsch, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Seth Greenberg, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Paul Hudson, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Telescent Inc., Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/26 (2006.01); G02B 6/35 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention discloses a highly scalable and modular automated optical cross connect switch comprised of large numbers of densely packed fiber strands suspended within a common volume. In particular, apparatus and methods enabling programmable interconnection of large numbers of optical fibers (100's-1000's) having structured and coherent braid representations are provided.