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Optical data throughput protection switch

  • US 6,798,934 B2
  • Filed: 12/06/2001
  • Issued: 09/28/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An optical switch comprising:

  • a controllable switch, and a controlling means, wherein said controllable switch is optically coupled to a first optical path and optically coupled to a termination of a second optical path, said controllable switch at all times providing an unbroken optical pathway along the first optical path, and controlled by the controlling means to enable and disable optical coupling between the termination of the second optical path and the first optical path.

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