Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110013866 | FLEXIBLE OPTICAL INTERCONNECT - A flexible optical interconnect and method of forming the interconnect is disclosed. The optical interconnect includes a waveguide base formed from a flexible dielectric material. A three-sided channel is formed in the flexible material. Each side of the channel is coated with a reflective metallic coating. A cover piece is formed from the flexible material and coated with a reflective metallic coating on an underside. The cover piece is coupled to the waveguide base to form a flexible optical bus having at least one hollow metallized waveguide. The hollow metallized waveguide is configured to carry an optical signal. A transverse slot is formed in the cover piece and the waveguide base to form an aperture bisecting the hollow metallized waveguide to enable the optical signal to be detected and/or redirected. | 01-20-2011 |
20110123146 | Nano-wire Optical Block Devices For Amplifying, Modulating, And Detecting Optical Signals - A nano-wire optical block device for amplifying, modulating, and detecting an optical signal in a large-core hollow metallized waveguide. The nano-wire optical block device comprises a substrate with a plurality of nano-wires coupled to the substrate to form the nano-wire optical block. Each properly formed nano-wire is comprised of a p-doped region, an intrinsic region, and an n-doped region. The nano-wire optical block is operable to be inserted into the large-core hollow metallized waveguide to provide at least one of amplifying, modulating, and detecting the optical signal. | 05-26-2011 |
20110129231 | OPTICAL ENGINE FOR POINT-TO-POINT COMMUNICATIONS - An optical engine for providing a point-to-point optical communications link between a first computing device and a second computing device. The optical engine includes a modulated hybrid micro-ring laser formed on a substrate and configured to generate an optical signal traveling parallel to the plane of the substrate. The optical engine further includes a waveguide, also formed in a plane parallel to the plane of the substrate, that is configured to guide the optical signal from the modulated ring laser to a defined region, a waveguide coupler at the defined region configured for coupling the optical signal into a multi-core optical fiber, and a multi-core optical fiber at the defined region that is configured to receive and transport the optical signal to the second computing device. | 06-02-2011 |
20110141546 | TUNABLE NANOWIRE RESONANT CAVITY FOR OPTICAL MODULATION - A resonant cavity with tunable nanowire. The resonant cavity includes a substrate. The substrate is coupleable to an optical resonator structure. The resonant cavity also includes a plurality of nanowires formed on the substrate. The plurality of nanowires is actuated in response to an application of energy. | 06-16-2011 |
20110241072 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE HAVING AN ELOG ON A THERMALLY AND ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MASK - A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a thermally and electrically conductive mask positioned upon the substrate, and an epitaxial lateral over growth (ELOG) material positioned upon the thermally and electrically conductive mask. | 10-06-2011 |
20130094799 | OPTOELECTRONIC INTERFACE - An optoelectronic interface includes an optically transparent substrate; and an alignment layer comprising a pattern of alignment features disposed on said optically transparent substrate. | 04-18-2013 |
20130286614 | COMPOSITE WAFER INCLUDING A MOLDED WAFER AND A SECOND WAFER - A composite wafer includes a molded wafer and a second wafer. The molded wafer includes a plurality of first components, and the second wafer includes a plurality of second components. The second wafer is combined with the molded wafer to form the composite wafer. At least one of the first components is aligned with at least one of the second components to form a multi-component element. The multi-component element is singulatable from the composite wafer. | 10-31-2013 |
20130287336 | OPTICAL SWITCH - An apparatus comprises a given multimode optical waveguide extending in a given direction. The apparatus also comprises another multimode optical waveguide extending in another direction and intersecting with the given multimode waveguide. The apparatus further comprises a bi-stable optical switch positioned at the intersection of the given multimode optical waveguide and the another multimode optical waveguide to redirect a multimode optical signal transmitted on the given multimode optical waveguide to the another optical waveguide in a redirection state and pass the multimode optical signal transmitted on the given multimode optical waveguide across the intersection of the given multimode optical waveguide and the another optical waveguide in a pass-through state. The bi-stable optical switch can comprise a gap extending diagonally from a given corner of the intersection of the given and the another optical multimode waveguides to an opposing corner of the intersection. | 10-31-2013 |
20140029943 | COPLANAR ROUTING FOR OPTICAL TRANSMISSION - A system includes a laser array that receives a plurality of electrical signals and generates a plurality of optical signals driven from a corresponding member of the plurality of electrical signals, wherein the plurality of optical signals are arranged in a plurality of different groups. A coplanar router routes the plurality of optical signals to an array of optical multiplexers, such that each multiplexer receives optical signals from each of the plurality of different groups. | 01-30-2014 |
20140037247 | APPARATUS FOR USE IN OPTOELECTRONICS HAVING A SANDWICHED LENS - According to an example, an apparatus for use in optoelectronics includes a bottom transparent layer, a top transparent layer having a top surface, a lens sandwiched between the bottom transparent layer and the top transparent layer, and a first alignment element attached to the top surface of the top transparent layer, wherein the first alignment element is offset with respect to the lens and is to mate with a mating alignment element on an optical transmission medium. | 02-06-2014 |
20140205237 | MECHANICALLY ALIGNED OPTICAL ENGINE - A mechanically aligned optical engine includes an optoelectronic component connected to a first side of a bench substrate and a transparent substrate bonded to a second side of the bench substrate. The transparent substrate comprises a mechanical feature designed to fit within an aperture of the bench substrate such that a lens formed onto the transparent substrate is aligned with an active region of the optoelectronic component. | 07-24-2014 |
20140328596 | COMBINATION UNDERFILL-DAM AND ELECTRICAL-INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE FOR AN OPTO-ELECTRONIC ENGINE - A combination underfill-dam and electrical-interconnect structure for an opto-electronic engine. The structure includes a first plurality of electrical-interconnect solder bodies. The first plurality of electrical-interconnect solder bodies includes a plurality of electrical interconnects. The first plurality of electrical-interconnect solder bodies, is disposed to inhibit intrusion of underfill material into an optical pathway of an opto-electronic component for the opto-electronic engine. A system and an opto-electronic engine that include the combination underfill-dam and electrical interconnect structure are also provided. | 11-06-2014 |
20140334773 | APPARATUS FOR USE IN OPTOELECTRONICS - An apparatus for use in optoelectronics includes a first alignment element and a first wafer comprising a through optical via. The first alignment element is bonded to the first wafer, such that the through optical via is uncovered by the first alignment element. In addition, the first wafer further comprises a plurality of bond pads upon which an optoelectronic component having an optical element is to be attached, in which the first alignment element is to mate with a mating alignment element on an optical transmission medium, and wherein the optical transmission medium is to be passively aligned with the optical element through the through optical via when the first alignment element is mated with the mating alignment element on the optical transmission medium. | 11-13-2014 |
20140341516 | Glass-Silicon Wafer-Stacked Opto-Electronic Platforms - A glass-silicon wafer stacked platform. The platform includes a plurality of silicon pillars defining a ferrule receptacle, a silicon spacer connected to bases of the pillars and enclosing an aperture, a glass wafer bonded to the spacer, a microlens array formed in a first surface of the glass wafer and located in the aperture, conductive material carried by a second surface of the glass wafer, and contacts in electrical communication with the conductive material | 11-20-2014 |
20140370724 | FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT CABLE WITH FLOATING CONTACT - An apparatus includes a flexible circuit cable to transport an electrical signal. The apparatus includes a mechanically floating contact integrated into the flexible circuit cable to facilitate connection of the electrical signal between a circuit and the flexible circuit cable. | 12-18-2014 |
20140376580 | HIGH DENSITY LASER OPTICS - Apparatuses and methods for high density laser optics are provided. An example, of a laser optics apparatus includes a plurality of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) in a monolithically integrated array, a high contrast grating (HCG) integrated with an aperture of a vertical cavity of each of the plurality of the VCSELs to enable emission of a single lasing wavelength of a plurality of lasing wavelengths, and a plurality of single mode waveguides, each integrated with a grating coupler, that are connected to each of the plurality of the integrated VCSELs and the HCGs, where each of the grating couplers is aligned to an integrated VCSEL and HCG. | 12-25-2014 |