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Reconfigurable, all optical add/drop nodes using non-interrupting switching apparatus and methods

US6587608B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 27, 2001
Grant dateJul 1, 2003
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Expiry dateJul 8, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04J14/0209
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Apparatus and methods for switching an optical signal between a first path and a second path, where the switching occurs continuously such that substantially all of the optical signal passes through the first path or the second path during switching.

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