US Patent 7444042 Optical switch

Patent 7444042 was granted and assigned to National Semiconductor on October, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

National Semiconductor

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7444042

Date of Patent

October 28, 2008

Patent Application Number

11805955

Date Filed

May 25, 2007

Patent Primary Examiner

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Tina M Wong

Patent abstract

An optical switch is implemented with one or more cantilevered optical channels, which are formed in a flexible waveguide structure, and an actuator which is connected to the cantilevered optical channels, to position the cantilevered optical channels to direct an optical signal along one of a number of optical pathways.