G02B 6/3546
Nxm switch, i.e. a regular array of switches elements of matrix type
Official title: {NxM switch, i.e. a regular array of switches elements of matrix type constellation}
G02B6/3546 (Nxm switch, i.e. a regular array of switches elements of matrix type) appears on 767 US grants and 651 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Device for switching optical signal5 May 2026US 12,619,124 B2Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
- Multi-directional adaptive optical device17 Feb 2026US 12,554,069 B2Ommatidia LIDAR S.L.
- Programmable optical chip and terminal4 Nov 2025US 12,461,424 B2United Microelectronics Center Co., Ltd
- Integrated optical circuit having switch devices electrically connected by through-substrate via17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276898 A1nEYE Systems, Inc.
- Optically disaggregated high bandwidth memory system27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251867 A1Marvell Asia Pte Ltd
- Glass optical interposer assembly27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251872 A1Marvell Asia Pte Ltd
- Optical circuit switch20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243968 A1Lumentum Operations LLC
- Intelligent Optical Switch6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227575 A1Go!Foton Holdings, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multi-wavelength cross-connect optical switch282US 6,097,859 AThe Regents of the University of California · 2000
- Photonic MEMS and structures207US 7,110,158 B2Idc, LLC · 2006
- Micromechanical optical switch202US 6,407,851 B12002
- Reconfigurable and scalable intergrated optic waveguide add/drop multiplexing element using micro-opto-electro-mechanical systems and methods of fabricating thereof190US 6,363,183 B12002
- Microfluidic control using dielectric pumping157US 6,949,176 B2Lightwave Microsystems Corporation · 2005