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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Joseph Alfred Iannotti, Glenville, NY (US);
Eric William Fiveland, Niskayuna, NY (US);
William Chester Platt, Hagaman, NY (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
The present embodiments are directed towards the optical control of switching an electrical assembly. For example, in an embodiment, an electrical package is provided. The electrical package generally includes a micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) device configured to interface with an electrical assembly, the MEMS device being operable to vary the electrical assembly between a first electrical state and a second electrical state, a MEMS device driver in communication with the MEMS device and being operable to produce high voltage switching logic from an electrical signal, and an optical detector in communication with the MEMS device driver and configured to produce the electrical signal from an optical signal produced by a light source in response to an applied current-based electrical control signal.