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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2008
Kevin J. Thorson, Eagan, MN (US);
Rick C. Stevens, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Charles J. Kryzak, Liverpool, NY (US);
Brian S. Leininger, Arlington, VA (US);
William P. Kornrumpf, Schenectady, NY (US);
Glenn A. Forman, Niskayura, NY (US);
Joseph A. Iannotti, Glenville, NY (US);
Olga B. Spahn, Albuquerque, NM (US);
William D. Cowan, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Daryl J. Dagel, Rapid City, SD (US);
Kevin J. Thorson, Eagan, MN (US);
Rick C. Stevens, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Charles J. Kryzak, Liverpool, NY (US);
Brian S. Leininger, Arlington, VA (US);
William P. Kornrumpf, Schenectady, NY (US);
Glenn A. Forman, Niskayura, NY (US);
Joseph A. Iannotti, Glenville, NY (US);
Olga B. Spahn, Albuquerque, NM (US);
William D. Cowan, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Daryl J. Dagel, Rapid City, SD (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure includes apparatus, system, and method embodiments that provide micro electro mechanical system optical switching and methods of manufacturing switches. For example, one optical switch embodiment includes at least one micro electro mechanical system type pivot mirror structure disposed along a path of an optical signal, the structure having a mirror and an actuator, and the mirror having a pivot axis along a first edge and having a second edge rotatable with respect to the pivot axis, the mirror being capable of and arranged to be actuated to pivot between a position parallel to a plane of an optical signal and a position substantially normal to the plane of the optical signal.