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US 2003/0147162 A1Published application
Adaptive optic mirror
AssigneeBennett Optical Research, Inc.
InventorsHarold Earl Bennett, Joseph J. Shaffer, Jack D. Westfall, Robert C. Romeo, Melville C. Creusere
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Abstract
An adaptive optic mirror has a cyanate faceplate supported by a backplate which permits a plurality of actuators to be connected directly to the faceplate. Each actuator is connected via a low impedance circuit to a master control which sets each actuator independently of the others to produce a contoured mirror surface.
Claims4
An adaptic optic mirror comprising:
- a faceplate of predetermined size, shape and influence function;
- a backing plate mounted to said faceplate so a small spacing exists between said faceplate and said backing plate;
- a plurality of actuators mounted to said face plate through said backing plate so as to change the shape of said faceplate in a predetermined manner;
- a low impedance circuit connected to each of said plurality of actuators such that each of said plurality of actuators is operated independent from all other of said plurality of actuators;
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- a master control connected to said low impedance circuit so as to operate each of said plurality of actuators so as to produce a desired mirror surface shape which may be modified as desired.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.