Patent ID: 6970616

Claim:
An optical switching assembly, comprising: first and second arrays of optical switching elements, each having an optical reflective surface, first and second arrays of optical collimating elements, the first array of optical collimating elements directing optical rays at the first array of optical switching elements, wherein the first and second arrays of optical collimating elements and the first and second arrays of optical switching elements are positioned relative to one other in a configuration to permit optical rays from an optical collimating element in the first array of optical collimating elements to be directed to a targeted optical collimating element in the second array of optical collimating elements via the first and second arrays of optical switching elements; converging support aligning the first arrays of optical collimating elements with respect to the first array of optical switching elements such that optical paths of the optical rays from at least a plurality of the optical collimating elements in the first array of optical collimating elements are directed in a converging manner towards a common point in space behind the first array of optical switching elements.