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| 20090016685 | RECONFIGURATION AND PROTOCOL ADAPTATION OF OPTOELECTRONIC MODULES AND NETWORK COMPONENTS - An optoelectronic module for converting and coupling an information-containing electrical signal with an optical fiber including a housing having an electrical input for coupling with an external cable or information system device and for transmitting and receiving information-containing electrical signals over such input, and a fiber optic connector adapted for coupling with an external optical fiber for transmitting and receiving an optical signal; an electro-optic subassembly coupled to the information containing electrical signal and converting it to and/or from a modulated optical signal corresponding to the electrical signal; means disposed in the housing for determining the electrical and/or optical protocols or packet formats in use; and a processor for adapting the module to utilize the electrical and optical protocol or packet format. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090110408 | Laser Optical Transmission System with Dual Modulation - An optical transmitter for generating a modulated optical signal for transmission over dispersive fiber optic links in which a first information-containing radio frequency signal input is applied to a modulation circuit for directly modulating a semiconductor laser with the signal input. The output of the laser is applied to a phase modulator to which a second information-containing radio frequency signal is applied. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090162051 | Wireless Tuning and Reconfiguration of Optoelectronic Modules - A method for adjusting a communications transmission characteristic, such as the optical wavelength, in an optoelectronic module having a tunable laser subassembly for converting and coupling an information-containing electrical signal with an optical fiber including a housing having an electrical input for coupling with an external cable or information system device and for transmitting and receiving information-containing electrical signals over such input, and a fiber optic connector adapted for coupling with an external optical fiber for transmitting and receiving an optical signal; and an electro-optic subassembly coupled to the information containing electrical signal and converting it to and/or from a modulated optical signal corresponding to the electrical signal. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090180775 | Wireless Tuning and Reconfiguration of Network Units Including Optoelectronic Components - A method for monitoring conditions or adjusting a communications transmission characteristic, such as the optical wavelength, in a network unit such as a server, data storage unit, router, or switch, using a portable terminal having wireless RF communications capability. In one embodiment, the network unit has a tunable laser subassembly for converting and coupling an information-containing electrical signal with an optical fiber for transmitting an optical signal. The portable terminal may utilize an RFID interrogator, and the network unit may have a dynamic RFID tag to communicate identification and status information. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090188546 | TERRESTRIAL SOLAR POWER SYSTEM USING III-V SEMICONDUCTOR SOLAR CELLS - A system for generating electrical power from solar radiation utilizing a thin film III-V compound multijunction semiconductor solar cell mounted on a support in a non-planar configuration. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090314348 | TERRESTRIAL SOLAR POWER SYSTEM USING III-V SEMICONDUCTOR SOLAR CELLS - A system for generating electrical power from solar radiation utilizing a III-V compound multijunction semiconductor solar cell; a concentrator for focusing sunlight on the solar cell; and a heat spreader connected to the solar cell for cooling the cell. The solar cell is preferably an inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cell. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100014868 | Hybrid optical/wireless RF transceiver modules and photonic network components - A data communications system including a passive optical network; an optical network termination unit connected to the network including a first optical receiver for voice and data on a 1480-1500 mm band to an end-user; an optical transmitter transmitting voice and data optical signals on a 1260-1360 mm band from the end-user, and a second optical receiver for receiving a digital video signal on a 1550 mm band from a video head-end service provider to the end-user; and a wireless RF communications transmitter coupled to at least the second optical receiver for wirelessly transferring the information content of the optical signal to an external device. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100047959 | Epitaxial Lift Off on Film Mounted Inverted Metamorphic Multijunction Solar Cells - A process for selectively freeing an epitaxial layer from a single crystal substrate upon which it was grown, by providing a first substrate; depositing a separation layer on the first substrate; depositing on the separation layer a sequence of layers of semiconductor material forming a solar cell; mounting and bonding a thin flexible support having a coefficient of thermal expansion substantially greater than that of the adjacent semiconductor material on top of the sequence of layers at an elevated temperature; and etching the separation layer while the temperature of the support and layers of semiconductor material decrease, so that the support and the attached layer curls away from the first substrate in view of their differences in coefficient of thermal expansion, so as to remove the epitaxial layer from the substrate. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100170559 | System and Method for the Generation of Electrical Power from Sunlight - A system for the generation of electrical power from sunlight includes a solar cell assembly with at least two sets of solar cells, each of these sets being adapted to a set-specific light frequency spectrum so as to convert light having said set-specific frequency spectrum into electrical energy with an optimized energy conversion efficiency. The system is arranged to respond to changes in the frequency spectrum of the sunlight, for example, in accordance with the time of the day, by causing the sunlight to selectively impinge on one or another of the different sets of solar cells. Thus, an enhanced energy conversion efficiency of the system is obtained. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100203730 | Epitaxial Lift Off in Inverted Metamorphic Multijunction Solar Cells - A process for selectively freeing an epitaxial layer from a single crystal substrate upon which it was grown, by providing a first substrate; depositing a separation layer on said first substrate; depositing on said separation layer a sequence of layers of semiconductor material forming a solar cell; mounting and bonding a surrogate substrate on top of the sequence of layers; attaching a connecting link element to at least two opposed points on the periphery of the surrogate substrate; and etching said separation layer while applying tension to said link element so as to remove said epitaxial layer from said first substrate. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20110164883 | Reconfiguration and Protocol Adaptation of Optoelectronic Modules and Network Components - An optoelectronic module for converting and coupling an information-containing electrical signal with an optical fiber including a housing having an electrical input for coupling with an external cable or information system device and for transmitting and receiving information-containing electrical signals over such input, and a fiber optic connector adapted for coupling with an external optical fiber for transmitting and receiving an optical signal; an electro-optic subassembly coupled to the information containing electrical signal and converting it to and/or from a modulated optical signal corresponding to the electrical signal; means disposed in the housing for determining the electrical and/or optical protocols or packet formats in use; and a processor for adapting the module to utilize the electrical and optical protocol or packet format. | 07-07-2011 |
