Patent ID: 7281808
Filing Date: 2007-10-16
Classification: G02B,H01Q

Abstract:
1. A thin, nearly wireless adaptive optical device comprising: (a) a flexible substrate; (b) a flexible optical layer attached to one surface of said flexible substrate; (c) a flexible electronics layer having a matrix architecture attached to said flexible substrate opposite of said flexible optical layer and electrically isolated from said flexible substrate, said matrix architecture electrically exposed opposite of said flexible substrate; (d) a reactive force element; (e) an electronics layer having a second matrix architecture attached to said reactive force element and electrically isolated therefrom, said second matrix architecture electrically exposed opposite of said reactive force element; (f) a plurality of actuators composed of an electrically responsive material and having a first end and a second end, said actuators disposed between said flexible electronics layer and said electronics layer, said actuators communicating with said matrix architecture within said flexible electronics layer at said first end, said actuators communicating with said second matrix architecture within said electronics layer at said second end, each said actuator aligned so that expansion and contraction thereof intersects said flexible substrate and said reactive force element, said reactive force element resisting expansion and contraction of said actuators; and (g) at least one power switch communicating with said actuators along said flexible electronics layer and said electronics layer.