Optical and/or electrical communications fabrics in circuit...

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2005-12-29

2009-02-24

Wood, Kevin S (Department: 2874)

Optical waveguides

Integrated optical circuit

C385S147000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07496249

ABSTRACT:
An optical and/or electrical communication and structural fabric, method and system. For one aspect, an optical fabric is embedded within a structure to communicate an optical and/or electrical signal and to stiffen the structure. The structure may be a circuit board, for example, and the optical cloth may be used to interconnect devices coupled to the circuit board. For another aspect, the structure may be a different type of structure such as, for example, part of a vehicle, airplane or other structure.

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