Resistor array with position dependent heat dissipation
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1. An optical switching circuit comprising:
- a thin film substructure;
a plurality of heater resistors formed in said thin film substructure;
a plurality of thermally conductive regions respectively associated with said heater resistors and dielectrically separated from said heater resistors, each of said thermally conductive regions being located proximately to an associated one of said heater resistors for dissipating heat from said associated heater resistor, wherein said thermally conductive regions have respective areas that are selected so as to tailor respective heat dissipation capacities of associated ones of said heater resistors; and
a waveguide substrate adjacent to said thin film substructure having a plurality of fluidic optical switching elements that are actuated by thermal energy from said heater resistors.
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Abstract
A thermally actuated fluidic optical switching circuit that includes a heater substructure having heater resistors and thermally conductive regions associated with the heater resistors and configured to tailor the thermal characteristics of the heater substructure.
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1. An optical switching circuit comprising:
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a thin film substructure;
a plurality of heater resistors formed in said thin film substructure;
a plurality of thermally conductive regions respectively associated with said heater resistors and dielectrically separated from said heater resistors, each of said thermally conductive regions being located proximately to an associated one of said heater resistors for dissipating heat from said associated heater resistor, wherein said thermally conductive regions have respective areas that are selected so as to tailor respective heat dissipation capacities of associated ones of said heater resistors; and
a waveguide substrate adjacent to said thin film substructure having a plurality of fluidic optical switching elements that are actuated by thermal energy from said heater resistors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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13. A heater resistor array comprising:
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a thin film substructure;
a plurality of thin film heater resistors formed in said thin film substructure; and
a plurality of metal regions respectively associated with said heater resistors and dielectrically separated from said heater resistors, each of said metal regions being located proximately to an associated one of said heater resistors for dissipating heat from said associated heater resistor, wherein said metal regions have respective areas that are selected so as to tailor a heat dissipation characteristic of said thin film substructure.
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