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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184931 | Suspension board with circuit A suspension board with circuit includes a circuit board, and an optical waveguide formed on the circuit board. The circuit board is provided with a pedestal for supporting a slider. The pedestal allows the optical waveguide to be disposed so as to overlap the slide... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8175424 | Electrical and optical hybrid board and manufacturing method of the same To provide an electrical and optical hybrid board that has on one surface an optical waveguide and on the other surface an electrical interconnect pattern or the like, in which the core pattern and electrical interconnect pattern or the like are positioned in place ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170383 | Optical converter An optical converter comprises: a first waveguide, a second waveguide, and a tapered waveguide arranged between both the waveguides, wherein heights of a core of the first waveguide and a core of the second waveguide are different; both ends in a direction of wave g... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165431 | Integrated transceiver with lightpipe coupler A transceiver comprising a CMOS chip and a laser coupled to the chip may be operable to communicate an optical source signal from a semiconductor laser into the CMOS chip. The optical source signal may be used to generate first optical signals that are transmitted f... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165430 | Optical element and method for its manufacture An optical element includes a substrate having a passive waveguide and a laser waveguide disposed therein. The laser waveguide is in direct contact with the passive waveguide over a surface of contact so as to provide a butt coupling between the passive waveguide an... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165429 | Optical interconnection structure and method for manufacturing the same The present invention relates to an optical interconnection structure and a method for manufacturing the same. The present invention provides an optical interconnection structure comprising: a substrate on which a hole penetrating through a predetermined region is f... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160407 | Computer having a casing and/or interior acting as a communication bus between electronic components A computer including: a casing, at least a portion of which contains a potting material acting as an optical waveguide material; a transmitter for transmitting a pulse based signal at least partially through the potting material acting as the optical waveguide mater... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155488 | Wavelength locking and power control systems for multi-channel photonic integrated circuits (PICs) A transmissive active channel element is provided in each signal channel of a monolithic multi-channel TxPIC where each channel also includes a modulated source. The active channel element functions both as a power control element for both monitoring and regulating ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8145017 | Optical module In an optical module, a waveguide unit has a wavelength filter having a ring resonator structure. A semiconductor laser is connected to the input terminal of an input waveguide. A semiconductor Mach-Zehnder modulator is connected to the output terminal of an output ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139907 | Optoelectronic device and method of forming the same An optoelectronic device including a substrate, a half-boat-shaped material layer, a deep trench isolation structure, and an optical waveguide is provided. The substrate has a first area. The half-boat-shaped material layer is disposed in the substrate within the fi... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139906 | Optical wiring module Provided is an optical wiring module. The optical wiring module includes a light source mounted on a surface of a substrate, a metal optical waveguide coupled to a transverse magnetic mode of light emitted from the light source and using a long-range surface palsmon... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135248 | Opto-electric hybrid board and manufacturing method thereof An opto-electric hybrid board which includes an optical waveguide portion 2, an electric circuit board 1, and optical elements mounted on this electric circuit board 1. In the optical waveguide portion 2, a linear core 22 for an op... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131122 | Monolithically integrated multi-directional transceiver An integrated single-fiber multi-directional transceiver such as a diplexer or triplexer for FTTH applications comprises at least a laser for transmitting a first signal at a first wavelength, a photodetector for receiving a second signal at a second wavelength, and... | 03/06/2012 |
| RE43226 | Optical multiplexing device An optical multiplexing device includes an optical element having at least one set of diffractive elements, and an optical reflector. The reflector routes, between first and second optical ports, that portion of an optical signal transmitted by the diffractive eleme... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121443 | Optical transmission apparatus An optical transmission apparatus includes an optical element that has at least one of a light emitting part and a light receiving part on a surface opposed to a mounting surface of the optical element, an optical waveguide that is made of a polymer material, and ha... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121446 | Macro-chip including a surface-normal device A multi-chip module (MCM) is described. This MCM includes two substrates having facing surfaces. Disposed on a surface of a first of these substrates, there is an optical waveguide, having an eigenmode in the plane of the surface, and an optical coupler, which redir... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121444 | Optically and electrically actuatable devices Disclosed herein are optically and electrically actuatable devices. The optically and electrically actuatable device includes an insulating substrate, two electrodes, an active region, and a concentrator. At least one of the two electrodes is established on the insu... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121447 | Integrated transceiver with lightpipe coupler A transceiver comprising a plurality of CMOS chips may be operable to communicate an optical source signal from a semiconductor laser into a first CMOS chip via optical couplers. The optical source signal may be used to generate first optical signals that are transm... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121445 | Optical device An optical device includes: a multilayer structure substrate on which plural insulating layers are stacked and a wiring pattern is formed between layers; a recessed part for exposing the wiring pattern between the layers by cutting off a part of the multilayer struc... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8111955 | Optical chip for arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexer/demultiplexer circuit, waveguide substrate, and method for fabricating optical chip for arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexer/demultiplexer circuit An optical chip according to the present invention is formed into a projecting shape expanded toward either side at the center. A waveguide substrate has a layout in which arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexer/demultiplexer circuits, each having a curve... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111954 | Module substrate including optical transmission mechanism and method of producing the same A module substrate is provided. The module substrate includes: a core portion; a build-up layer formed on the core portion and including a wiring pattern and an insulating layer; an optical transmission mechanism including: an optical transmission component includin... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107777 | Polyimide substrate bonded to other substrate Polyimide substrates are bonded to germanium wafers having an epitaxially grown III-V layer and a metal layer. The polyimide substrate and the Ge, wafer are subsequently thinned by grinding and etching to reach a final thickness of 25 μms Ge on 25 μms adhesive lay... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107776 | Optical interconnect device and method for manufacturing the same An optical interconnect device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an optical waveguide, an electrical wiring and a switching device. The first substrate has an electrical wiring circuit, an electrical-optical converter for converting an electrical signa... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107778 | Waveguide element and method of production thereof There is provided a method of producing a waveguide element comprising steps of forming a lower cladding layer having a refractive index n1 on a substrate having a lower electrode; forming an active core layer having a refractive index n2 and exhibitin... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103136 | Thermo-optic devices providing thermal recirculation Thermo-optical devices providing heater recirculation in an integrated optical device are described. The thermo-optical devices include at least one waveguide having a non-linear path length in thermal communication with a thermal device. Methods of fabrication and ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098968 | Silicide thermal heaters for silicon-on-insulator nanophotonic devices A thermally switched Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) photo electronic device includes a silicon layer including an optical waveguide and a silicide heating element horizontally adjacent to the waveguide. The waveguide has a refractive index that changes with heat applied... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098969 | Waveguide optically pre-amplified detector with passband wavelength filtering The invention describes an integrated-photonics arrangement, implementable in a multi-guide vertical integration (MGVI) structure composed from III-V semiconductors and grown in one epitaxial growth run, allowing for the integration of semiconductor optical amplifie... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094978 | Polarization rotator and method for manufacturing the same An optical circuit comprises: a first waveguide; a second waveguide: and a third waveguide that converts mode field and direction of polarization of light of said first waveguide at the same time to perform wave guiding to said second waveguide: wherein large aspect... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090228 | Photoelectric conversion device, photoelectric conversion module and method of manufacturing photoelectric conversion device A photoelectric conversion device includes a circuit substrate that has a first concave portion having a light transmission hole, a first metal interconnection that is formed from a bottom of the first concave portion to a face of the circuit substrate where the fir... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086079 | Nanotube electronic device An electrical device for the utilization of electromagnetic energy, the device comprising a substrate and an aligned array of electromagnetic energy responsive nanotubes supported by and extending through the substrate, which nanotubes are arranged to respond to ele... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8078017 | Method for manufacturing optical interface module and optical interface module An optical interface module and a method for manufacturing an optical interface module. One method includes forming a lower clad layer on a first surface of a substrate, forming a core layer on the lower clad layer and forming two grooves in part of the core layer t... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078018 | Communication methods, methods of forming an interconnect, signal interconnects, integrated circuit structures, circuits, and data apparatuses Some embodiments include communication methods, methods of forming an interconnect, signal interconnects, integrated circuit structures, circuits, and data apparatuses. In one embodiment, a communication method includes accessing an optical signal comprising photons... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073295 | Material for substrate mounting optical circuit-electrical circuit mixedly and substrate mounting optical circuit-electrical circuit mixedly A material for an optical circuit-electrical circuit mixedly mounting substrate comprises a light permeable resin layer, and an optical circuit forming layer that is made of a light permeable resin of which refractive index increases (or decreases) when irradiated w... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068704 | Optical waveguide circuit and multi-core central processing unit using the same An optical waveguide circuit includes: a lower cladding layer formed on a substrate; a first optical waveguide formed on the lower cladding layer so as to partition the lower cladding layer into a first portion and a second portion; a second optical waveguide formed... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064739 | Three-dimensional die stacks with inter-device and intra-device optical interconnect Examples of a computer system packaged in a three-dimensional stack of dies are described. The package includes an electrical die and an optical die coupled to and stacked with the electrical die. The electrical die includes circuitry to process and communicate elec... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064740 | Arrangement for the electro-optical control and fast modulation of THz transmitters and THz measuring systems An inexpensive and compact arrangement for the electrical control and fast modulation of THz transmitters and THz measuring systems is proposed, wherein said arrangement is stable, requires no mechanical movements and operates with a purely electric control, consume... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059927 | Optical connections and methods of forming optical connections In one embodiment, an assembly having a first board, a second board, a fiber bundle, and at least one movable stage is provided. The fiber bundle has a first end and a second end, and the first end of the fiber bundle is attached to the first board first face. The m... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055105 | Opto-electric hybrid module A manufacturing method of an opto-electric hybrid module which is capable of suppressing losses in cost, and an opto-electric hybrid module obtained thereby. An optical waveguide portion W1 including protrusions 4 for the positioning of an electric... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050524 | Optical device and method related thereto An optical device includes an electrooptic crystal substrate, a polarization-inverted region formed in a part of the electrooptic crystal substrate, an optical waveguide formed in the electrooptic crystal substrate, and a groove for relaxing stress disposed between ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045829 | Optical waveguide member, optical wiring board, optical wiring module and method for manufacturing optical waveguide member and optical wiring board The present invention provides a method for manufacturing an optical waveguide. The inventive method includes steps of providing a transfer member comprising a transfer sheet and a first metal film. The transfer sheet and the first metal film are detachable from eac... | 10/25/2011 |
