Patent ID: 7409118

Claim:
A monolithic device for determining a translation, the monolithic device being fabricated from a single continuous piece of a glass substrate, the monolithic device comprising: at least one frame, the at least one frame being fabricated from the glass substrate; a moving platform linked to the at least one frame, the moving platform being fabricated from the glass substrate, wherein the moving platform is linked to the at least one frame via at least one elastic hinge, the at least one elastic hinge being fabricated from the glass substrate; and an optical transducer, the optical transducer being imbedded into the moving platform and the at least one frame, wherein the optical transducer comprises: a. a first-optical-waveguide-array, the first-optical-waveguide-array being imbedded in the moving platform; and b. a second-optical-waveguide-array, the second-optical-waveguide-array being imbedded in the at least one frame.