Optical switch device
AssigneeMinolta Co., Ltd.
InventorsNaoki Nishida, Takuji Hatano
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Abstract
Disclosed herewith is an optical switch provided on an optical path of an optical waveguide and which switches an advancing direction of a light passed through the optical path. The optical switch includes a movable switching member which switches the advancing direction of the light, and a driving member which electrostatically drives said switching member to move in an arbitrary position so that the light passed through the optical path is guided to different directions.
Claims16
An optical switch provided on an optical path of an optical waveguide and which switches an advancing direction of a light passed through the optical path, said optical switch comprising:
- a movable switching member which switches the advancing direction of the light;
- and
- a driving member which electrostatically drives said switching member to move in an arbitrary position so that the light passed through the optical path is guided to different directions.
An optical switch which switches an advancing direction of a light passed through an optical path of an optical path of an optical waveguide, said optical switch comprising:
- a main body;
- an optical waveguide provided on a surface of said main body;
- a groove section formed on the surface of the main body so as to cross the optical waveguide;
- a switching member put into said groove section and including a moving element and which switches the advancing direction of the light passed through the optical path;
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- a plurality of electrodes provided so as to be opposed to said moving element of the switching member, and which electrostatically drives the switching member to move in an arbitrary position so that the light passed through the optical path is guided to different directions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.