Patents by Inventor Frank Ebermann

Frank Ebermann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus and method for use in free-space optical communication comprising optically aligned components integrated on circuit boards
    Patent number: 7106973
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for free-space optical communication. The apparatus includes a first board with a plurality of optoelectronic converter components mounted on the first board. The apparatus additionally includes at least one optics element optically aligned with at least one of the optoelectronic converter components, where the optics element is configured to pass light directly between free-space and the plurality of optoelectronic converter components, and electronics coupled to at least one of the plurality of optoelectronic converter component. In one embodiment, communication is achieved by providing electric signals to a plurality of lasers that are mounted on a first board, generating a plurality of optical signals with the plurality of lasers and directing the plurality of optical signals into free-space with a plurality of optics elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: LightPointe Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Erhard Kube, Cathal Oscolai, Frank Ebermann
  • Apparatus and method for free-space optical communication
    Publication number: 20040033078
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for free-space optical communication. The apparatus includes a first board with a plurality of optoelectronic converter components mounted on the first board. The apparatus additionally includes at least one optics element optically aligned with at least one of the optoelectronic converter components, where the optics element is configured to pass light directly between free-space and the plurality of optoelectronic converter components, and electronics coupled to at least one of the plurality of optoelectronic converter component. In one embodiment, communication is achieved by providing electric signals to a plurality of lasers that are mounted on a first board, generating a plurality of optical signals with the plurality of lasers and directing the plurality of optical signals into free-space with a plurality of optics elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Applicant: LightPointe Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Erhard Kube, Cathal Oscolai, Frank Ebermann