Invention Grant
- Patent Title: WSS with hitless switching
- Patent Title (中): 无缝切换的WSS
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Application No.: US12643922Application Date: 2009-12-21
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Publication No.: US08280206B2Publication Date: 2012-10-02
- Inventor: Qianggao Hu , Liping Sun , Liu Yang , Zhilin Yuan , Hui Xie , Rui Yang
- Applicant: Qianggao Hu , Liping Sun , Liu Yang , Zhilin Yuan , Hui Xie , Rui Yang
- Applicant Address: CN Wuhan, Hubei
- Assignee: Accelink Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Accelink Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: CN Wuhan, Hubei
- Agency: Bei & Ocean
- Agent George G. Wang
- Main IPC: G02B6/35
- IPC: G02B6/35 ; G02B6/26 ; G02B6/28

Abstract:
A wavelength selective switch (WSS) with hitless switching. The WSS includes the fiber collimator array, the focusing lens, collimating lens, diffraction grating, focusing lens, and attenuation reflection unit array. Each attenuation reflection unit has an interconnected transmission-type MEMS attenuator and a one-dimension MEMS reflector. The transmission-type MEMS attenuator is positioned in the front of the one-dimension MEMS reflector. The central axis of the transmission-type MEMS attenuator aligns and coincides with that of the one-dimension MEMS reflector, with the two central axes being glued together. The WSS of the present invention effectively utilizes the combination of a one-dimension reflector array and a transmission-type optical attenuator chip. With the use of one-dimension reflector array, instead of the known two-dimension reflector array, the complexity of design and manufacture is greatly reduced, thereby reducing the production costs of the switch.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110150389A1 WSS WITH HITLESS SWITCHING Public/Granted day:2011-06-23
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