PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16262585
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["385", "016000"]

Abstract:
This application discloses an optical switch and an optical switching system. The optical switch includes a first waveguide, a second waveguide, and a first movable waveguide. The first waveguide and the second waveguide are immovable relative to a substrate. The first waveguide and the second waveguide are located in a first plane, and the first waveguide and the second waveguide do not intersect. The first movable waveguide is movable relative to the substrate. If the first movable waveguide is at a first location, the first movable waveguide is optically decoupled from the first waveguide and the second waveguide, and the optical switch is in a through state. If the first movable waveguide is at a second location, the first movable waveguide is optically coupled to the first waveguide and the second waveguide, and the optical switch is in a drop state.

Claim (Index 12):
An optical switching system, wherein the optical switching system is an M\u00d7N optical switch matrix, comprising M\u00d7N optical switches, wherein each optical switch is disposed on a substrate, and the optical switch comprises a first waveguide, a second waveguide, and a first movable waveguide;\n wherein the first waveguide is immovable relative to the substrate, and the first waveguide has a first input port (IP 1 ) and a first output port (OP 1 ); wherein the second waveguide is immovable relative to the substrate, the second waveguide has a second output port (OP 2 ), the first waveguide and the second waveguide are located in a first plane, and the first waveguide and the second waveguide do not intersect; wherein the first movable waveguide is movable relative to the substrate; if the first movable waveguide is at a first location, (1) the first movable waveguide and the first waveguide are optically decoupled, and the first movable waveguide and the second waveguide are optically decoupled; and (2) the IP 1  and the OP 1  are optically connected, and the IP 1  and the OP 2  are optically disconnected; and if the first movable waveguide is at a second location, (1) the first movable waveguide and the first waveguide are optically coupled, and the first movable waveguide and the second waveguide are optically coupled; and (2) the IP 1  and the OP 1  are optically disconnected, and the IP 1  and the OP 2  are optically connected by using the first movable waveguide, the second waveguide of the optical switch further comprises a second input port IP 2 , and each optical switch is denoted as SC ij , wherein a value of i is 1, 2, . . . , M, and a value of j is 1, 2, . . . , N; and the M\u00d7N optical switches are set as follows: (1) an IP 1 i,j  and an OP 2 i,j-1  are optically connected; and (2) an IP 2 i,j  and an OP  1 i-1,j  are optically connected, wherein a value range of i is 2 to M, and a value range of j is 2 to N.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.78049
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['16251172', '16238220', '15109761', '16241117', '10177632']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.831305974216933
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5288267642887646
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8010580532241162
- Mean Citation Score: 267.887284
- Max Citation Score: 365.3429
- Similarity Product: 352.6657930656671

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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