NeoPhotonics Patent Applications

DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING AND SINGLE-WAVELENGTH TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS

Granted: March 24, 2016
Application Number: 20160087747
A data transceiver module, data transmission system incorporating same and methods related thereto, which include optical transmitters configured to receive an information bearing signal and generate an optical signal having a wavelength different from wavelengths generated by others of the plurality of optical transmitters; optical receivers configured to receive an optical signal having a wavelength matching one of the plurality of optical transmitters and convert it to an information…

40, 50 AND 100 GB/S OPTICAL TRANSCEIVERS/TRANSPONDERS IN 300PIN AND CFP MSA MODULES

Granted: April 10, 2014
Application Number: 20140099117
Disclosed by way of exemplary embodiments, a 40/50/100 Gb/s Optical Transceivers/transponders which use opto-electronic components at data rates collectively that are lower than or equal to half the data rate, using two optical duobinary carriers. More specifically, the exemplary embodiments of the disclosed optical transceivers/transponders relate to a 43 Gb/s 300pin MSA and a 43˜56 Gb/s CFP MSA module, both include a two-carrier optical transceiver and the appropriate hardware…

WAVELENGTH ROUTER WITH FEEDBACK CONTROL COMPRISING OPTICAL MONITOR PORTS

Granted: September 19, 2013
Application Number: 20130243432
An optical waveguide router device with feedback control that uses the fringe frequencies of an optical data signal to derive a wavelength (e.g., temperature) control signal in order to compensate for wavelength variations due to temperature fluctuations and/or other wavelength shifting factors without the need for a reference laser. A monitoring circuit converts an output of at least one output monitoring port to an electrical signal and comparing the output of said at least one output…

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT COUPLING SYSTEM WITH WAVEGUIDE CIRCUITRY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF

Granted: June 27, 2013
Application Number: 20130163918
A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit coupling system includes: forming a waveguide assembly, having a top clad over an open end of an optical core; forming a first photoresist having a base photoresist pattern shape with sloped photoresist sidewalls tapered down to expose a portion of the top clad; forming a recess having clad sidewalls from the portion of the top clad exposed by the base photoresist pattern shape, the clad sidewalls having a shape replicating a shape of the…

SCALABLE OPTICAL SWITCHES AND SWITCHING MODULES

Granted: May 2, 2013
Application Number: 20130108215
Telecommunications switches are presented, including expandable optical switches that allow for a switch of N inputs×M outputs to be expanded arbitrarily to a new number of N inputs and/or a new number of M outputs. Switches having internal switch blocks controlling signal bypass lines are also provided, with these switches being useful for the expandable switches.

OPTICAL NETWORK COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATION AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF

Granted: October 18, 2012
Application Number: 20120263479
A method of operation of an optical network communication system includes: coupling an input fiber; receiving light with a lens from the input fiber, the light having a predetermined amount of mode-field-diameter dispersion; tilting a mirror for reflecting the light after the light is transmitted through the lens; and positioning an output fiber for retransmitting the light from the lens after the light is reflected from the mirror for wavelength-dependent-loss reduction.

OPTICAL NETWORK COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH OPTICAL LINE TERMINAL TRANSCEIVER AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF

Granted: June 14, 2012
Application Number: 20120148241
A method of operation of an optical network communication system including: providing a planar lightwave circuit including: connecting 2×2 single-mode optical couplers in an array for forming a 1×N single-mode optical splitter/combiner, and routing harvesting ports to an optical line terminal receiver for collecting harvested-light, from two or more of the harvesting ports, in the optical line terminal receiver wherein one of more of the harvesting ports is from the 2×2 single-mode…

MONITORING AND CONTROL OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES

Granted: May 17, 2012
Application Number: 20120121251
A method, a system, and a computer program product for managing one or more electronic devices. Performance of an electronic device is monitored and presented to a user through a digital agent interface. The performance of the electronic device is controlled automatically by digital agent through the digital agent interface. The invention also enables automatic testing of the electronic device through the digital agent interface by setting up test configurations, activating test signals,…

40, 50 and 100 GB/S OPTICAL TRANSCEIVERS/TRANSPONDERS IN 300PIN AND CFP MSA MODULES

Granted: December 23, 2010
Application Number: 20100322632
Disclosed by way of exemplary embodiments, a 40/50/10 Gb/s Optical Transceivers/transponders which use opto-electronic components at data rates collectively that are lower than or equal to half the data rate , using two optical duobinary carriers. More specifically, the exemplary embodiments of the disclosed optical transceivers/transponders relate to a 43 Gb/s 300 pin MSA and a 43˜56 Gb/s CFP MSA module, both include a two-carrier optical transceiver and the appropriate hardware…

MONITORING AND CONTROL OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES

Granted: April 16, 2009
Application Number: 20090099669
A method, a system, and a computer program product for managing one or more electronic devices. Performance of an electronic device is monitored and presented to a user through a digital agent interface. The performance of the electronic device is controlled automatically by digital agent through the digital agent interface. The invention also enables automatic testing of the electronic device through the digital agent interface by setting up test configurations, activating test signals,…

THERMAL CONTROL OF OPTICAL COMPONENTS

Granted: April 2, 2009
Application Number: 20090087138
A linearized thermal and optical model of an optical integrated circuit can be used to temperature-stabilize one or more optical elements of the circuit using active temperature regulation. To stabilize a single optical element, a temperature sensor and a heater can be provided proximate to the grating. Thermal and optical coefficients can be then used to select an appropriate temperature set-point for the temperature controller that receives readings from the sensor and determines the…

STABLE CENTER WAVELENGTH PERFORMANCE IN NON-RECTILINEARLY SHAPED OPTICAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP

Granted: April 3, 2008
Application Number: 20080080806
An optical device with a non-rectilinearly shaped optical integrated circuit over a substantially flat portion of a riser, the riser also equipped with a relief structure that is in thermal contact with a stabilizing brace that is in turn connected to two portions of the non-rectilinearly shaped optical integrated circuit. The non-rectilinearly shaped optical integrated circuit exhibits reduced center wavelength drift.