Systems and methods for on-chip data communication

A Shacham, K Bergman, LP Carloni - US Patent 8,340,517, 2012 - Google Patents
Related US Application Data control of an electronic router. The electronic routers are
connected in a fashion similar to the optical Switches, forming a parallel, photonic/electronic …

Optical coupling structure

T Keyser, G Hughes - US Patent 7,454,102, 2008 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Optoelectronic integrated circuits (ICs) include both elec tronic and optical
elements Within a single chip. Typical elec tronic elements include? eld effect transistors …

Waveguide photodetector device and manufacturing method thereof

MR Reshotko, BA Block - US Patent 8,290,325, 2012 - Google Patents
Embodiments of the present invention describe a waveguide based photodetector device
and its methods of fabrication. The waveguide photodetector device comprises a substrate …

Optical resonator gyro with integrated external cavity beam generator

G Hughes, GA Sanders, LK Strandjord - US Patent 7,463,360, 2008 - Google Patents
The portion of the first light beam propagates in a first 4,135,822 A 1, 1979 Ezekiel counter-
propagating direction, and the portion of the second 4,234,357. A 1 1/1980 Scheppele light …

System and method for optimizing optical and digital system designs

ER Dowski Jr, GE Johnson, KS Kubala… - US Patent …, 2008 - Google Patents
A system, method and software product to optimize optical and/or digital system designs. An
optical model of the optical system design is generated. A digital model of the digital system …

Slanted segmented coupler

F Van Laere, R Baets, D Van Thourhout… - US Patent …, 2010 - Google Patents
A slanted grating coupler for coupling a radiation beam between a waveguide lying
substantially in a plane on a substrate and an optical element outside that plane is provided …

Multi-thickness semiconductor with fully depleted devices and photonic integration

CM Hill, AT Pomerene, DN Carothers… - US Patent …, 2010 - Google Patents
Techniques are disclosed that facilitate fabrication of semiconductors including structures
and devices of varying thickness. One embodiment provides a method for semiconductor …

Bonded thin-film structures for optical modulators and methods of manufacture

CJ Yue, T Keyser - US Patent 7,217,584, 2007 - Google Patents
The present invention provides silicon based thin-film structures that can be used to form
high frequency optical modulators. Devices of the invention are formed as layered structures …

Silicon optical device

TR Keyser - US Patent 7,672,558, 2010 - Google Patents
US7672558B2 - Silicon optical device - Google Patents US7672558B2 - Silicon optical device
- Google Patents Silicon optical device Download PDF Info Publication number US7672558B2 …

Integrated approach for design, simulation and verification of monolithic, silicon-based opto-electronic circuits

K Shastri, S Pathak, P Gothoskar, P Mosinskis… - US Patent …, 2007 - Google Patents
Computer-aided design (CAD) tools are used to perform the integrated design, veri? cation
and layout of electrical and optical components in a monolithic, silicon-based electro optic …