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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 25, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

John J. Ellis-Monaghan, Grand Isle, VT (US);

Brendan S. Harris, Burlington, VT (US);

Vibhor Jain, Essex Junction, VT (US);

Thomas Kessler, Milpitas, CA (US);

Yves T. Ngu, Essex, VT (US);

Sebastian T. Ventrone, South Burlington, VT (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12 (2006.01); G02B 6/125 (2006.01); G02B 6/122 (2006.01); G02B 6/35 (2006.01); G02B 6/28 (2006.01); B81B 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/125 (2013.01); B81B 7/02 (2013.01); G02B 6/1225 (2013.01); G02B 6/2808 (2013.01); G02B 6/3502 (2013.01); G02B 6/357 (2013.01); G02B 6/3562 (2013.01); B81B 2201/045 (2013.01); G02B 2006/1215 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12145 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various particular embodiments include a primary waveguide including an end section; cantilevered waveguides, each cantilevered waveguide including an end section disposed adjacent the end section of the primary waveguide; and control pins for applying an electrical bias to the cantilevered waveguides to selectively displace the end sections of the cantilevered waveguides away from the end section of the primary waveguide.


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