US Patent 7570847 Method of forming an optical switch

Patent 7570847 was granted and assigned to National Semiconductor on August, 2009 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

7570847

Patent Inventor Names

Trevor Niblock0

Gerard Dirk Smits0

Date of Patent

August 4, 2009

Patent Application Number

12283969

Date Filed

September 17, 2008

Patent Primary Examiner

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Tina M Wong

Patent abstract

A method of forming an optical switch is disclosed. The 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.