MOLECULAR MECHANICAL DEVICES WITH A BAND GAP CHANGE ACTIVATED BY AN ELECTRIC FIELD FOR OPTICAL SWITCHING APPLICATIONS - Patent 1390808

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EP 1 390 808 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	21.08.2003

(43)	Date of publication:
	25.02.2004 Bulletin 2004/09

(21)	Application number: 02766833.4

(22)	Date of filing: 25.04.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G02F 1/15, C09K 9/02, G02F 1/361

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2002/013275

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2002/088837 (07.11.2002 Gazette 2002/45)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

27.04.2001 US 844862

(71)	Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Company
	Palo Alto, CA 94304-1112 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	ZHANG, Xiao-An Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (US) WILLIAMS, R., Stanley Mountain View, CA 94040 (US) VINCENT, Kent, D. Cupertino, CA 95014 (US)

(74)	Representative: Powell, Stephen David et al
	WILLIAMS POWELLMorley House26-30 Holborn Viaduct London EC1A 2BP London EC1A 2BP (GB)

(54)	MOLECULAR MECHANICAL DEVICES WITH A BAND GAP CHANGE ACTIVATED BY AN ELECTRIC FIELD FOR OPTICAL SWITCHING APPLICATIONS