Patents Assigned to Onix Microsystems
  • Patent number: 6330102
    Abstract: A beam steering module and switching system. The steering module is composed of a N×M array of single axis mirrors able to rotate about a particular axis (X-axis), a second N×M array of single axis mirrors able to rotate about an axis orthogonal to that of the first N×M array of mirrors (Y-axis), and a relay lens designed to image the first mirror array onto the second mirror array such that the beam angle may be controlled in both the X and Y-axis by adjusting the angle of the appropriate mirrors in the X and Y mirror arrays. Two steering modules may be combined to form a switching system. With two such steering modules, it is possible to completely determine, at the plane of the output fiber array, the position and angle of an optical beam emerging from any of the input fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Onix Microsystems
    Inventors: Michael J. Daneman, Behrang Behin, Satinderpall Pannu