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US 8,150,267 B1Granted
Optical interconnect
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMichael Cumbie, Jong-Souk Yeo, Robert Bicknell
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Abstract
An optical interconnect includes a reflective body having a plurality of faces, where the body is translatable in a plane; and an optical receiver configured to receive optical energy reflected by at least one of the faces.
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An optical interconnect, comprising:
- a single, unitary reflective body having a plurality of reflective faces thereon, wherein said body is translatable in a plane;
- a plurality of optical receivers for receiving optical energy reflected by at least one of said faces;
- an actuator configured to selectively translate said body in said plane to position said body in said plane based on which of the optical receivers is selected to receive optical energy.
A method of transmitting optical energy, said method comprising:
- providing a translatable reflective body that is a single, unitary body having a plurality of faces;
- selecting a desired optical path;
- translating said reflective body along a plane such that optical energy external to said reflective body is reflected by at least one of said faces into said desired optical path;
- actuating the translation of said reflective body in said plane, and
- controlling the actuation to position said reflective body in said plane based on which of said faces is selected to reflect optical energy into said desired optical path.
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A method of positioning an object, wherein said object is translatable within a plane, said method comprising:
- providing a single, unitary reflective body disposed on said object, said body having a plurality of faces that intersect at only a single point;
- providing a fixed optical source;
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- using reflected optical energy from said faces in a feedback loop to translate said object to a desired position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.