Patents by Inventor Joon-Ki Lee

Joon-Ki Lee 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).

  • Publication number: 20230115731
    Abstract: Provided is an optical submodule which includes an optical transmission/reception module that optically couples an optical transmission signal and an optical reception signal into one optical fiber and a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) mounted on the optical transmission/reception module that functions as an electrical signal interface with a main board, and an electrical signal line of an optical transmission channel for the optical transmission signal and an electrical signal line of an optical reception channel for the optical reception signal may be deployed on different sides of the FPCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Sae-Kyoung KANG, Joon Young HUH, Joon Ki LEE
  • Patent number: 11606149
    Abstract: An optical transmitter based on optical time division multiplexing is disclosed, which may solve the issues of complex structure and operation of a multilevel-OTDM-based optical transmitter while using a multilevel signal modulation format and OTDM technology that may increase the transmission rate of an optical transmitter with limited bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sanghwa Yoo, Joon Young Huh, Sae-Kyoung Kang, Joon Ki Lee
  • Publication number: 20230068004
    Abstract: A silicon photonics-based optical modulator is disclosed. The optical modulator includes first radio frequency (RF) metal electrodes that operate as a ground, phase shifters disposed between the first RF metal electrodes for optically modulating an optical signal transmitted along an optical waveguide, second RF metal electrodes disposed between the phase shifters for providing an RF electrical signal received from a driving driver located outside of the optical modulator through one end, resistor-inductors (RL) connected to another end of the second RF metal electrodes, an inductive line disposed between the RLs and a power supply for applying a bias voltage to the optical modulator and the driving driver, and a silicon capacitor disposed between the RLs and the power supply for preventing a degradation of an RF response characteristic of the silicon photonics-based optical modulator caused by the inductive line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Sanghwa YOO, Sooyeon KIM, Heuk PARK, Jyung Chan LEE, Joon Ki LEE
  • Publication number: 20220416894
    Abstract: Provided is a radio over fiber (RoF)-based distributed antenna system (DAS) structure that cost-effectively provides a fifth generation (5G) mobile communication service guaranteeing a quality of service (QoS) with high bandwidth and low latency characteristics without radio shadowing in an indoor environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Seung-Hyun CHO, Joon Ki LEE
  • Publication number: 20220416891
    Abstract: A test device and method for testing a distributed feedback laser diode (DFB-LD) device for an optical transceiver of a radio over fiber (RoF) system examines the DFB-LD device based on an absolute limiting rating, an operating case environment, and a functional specification, in which the absolute limiting rating is a rating at which there is no fatal damage to the DFB-LD device during a short period of time when each limiting parameter is isolated and all other parameters are in a normal performance parameter, the operating case environment includes an operating temperature, and the functional specification includes parameters to be tested according to an operating condition for the functional specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Seung-Hyun CHO, Joon Ki LEE
  • Publication number: 20220360339
    Abstract: An optical transmitter based on optical time division multiplexing is disclosed, which may solve the issues of complex structure and operation of a multilevel-OTDM-based optical transmitter while using a multilevel signal modulation format and OTDM technology that may increase the transmission rate of an optical transmitter with limited bandwidth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Sanghwa YOO, Joon Young HUH, Sae-Kyoung KANG, Joon Ki LEE
  • Publication number: 20220326444
    Abstract: An optical fiber coupler includes a plurality of optical fibers parallel to each other in a first direction, an optical fiber array block (FAB) configured to maintain a constant center-to-center distance between the plurality of optical fibers, and an optical waveguide block including a plurality of optical waveguides coupled to the plurality of optical fibers, respectively, and configured to transfer optical signals transmitted through the plurality of optical fibers connected to the optical FAB in a second direction in which a photonics chip is placed and which is different from the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Sae-Kyoung KANG, Joon Young HUH, Joon Ki LEE
  • Publication number: 20220317395
    Abstract: A manufacturing method and application of an optical interconnection module are disclosed. According to example embodiments, by providing the method of manufacturing the optical interconnection module in which an optical fiber optical coupler is disposed at its lower portion by using the FOWLP process, it is possible to provide advantages such as lightness, thinness and compactness of the optical interconnection module, guarantee of signal integrity, and high yield in mass production. Further, it is possible to provide a structure providing an electrical ground to an electronic chip by mounting the electronic chip on ETB and capable of being used as a heat dissipation path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Sae-Kyoung KANG, Joon Young HUH, Joon Ki LEE
  • Publication number: 20220308285
    Abstract: A silicon photonics-based photodetector (PD) includes a silicon layer on which doped layers of different types are formed on a surface based on a first spacing based on a center line of an optical waveguide through which an optical signal moves, a germanium layer being stacked on an upper part of the silicon layer and formed with doped layers of different types on a surface based on a second spacing based on the center line of the optical waveguide, and a metal electrode configured to generate an electric field by being in contact with the doped layers of the silicon layer and the germanium layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Dongjun SEO, Heuk PARK, Sanghwa YOO, Joon Ki LEE
  • Patent number: 11429006
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silicon photonics-based optical transmission apparatus. The apparatus includes an optical modulator chip of a ground-signal-ground (GSG) electrode array including two phase shifters for differential driving, a sub-substrate including a metal electrode of a periodic pattern to connect two ground metal electrodes to each other at a GSG electrode connected to each of the two phase shifters, and a solder bump having a same periodic pattern as the metal electrode of the sub-substrate to connect the ground metal electrodes of the optical modulator chip and the metal electrode of the periodic pattern of the sub-substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sanghwa Yoo, Heuk Park, Joon Ki Lee
  • Patent number: 11409047
    Abstract: An optical coupling method and apparatus are disclosed. The optical coupling method improve the speed of optical alignment between an optical fiber and a grating coupler (GC) of an optical coupling apparatus for a characteristic test of a silicon photonic integrated circuit (Si-PIC) chip by using a reflective grating couplers disposed on the Si-PIC chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Sanghwa Yoo, Sae-Kyoung Kang, Heuk Park, Joon Young Huh, Jongtae Song, Joon Ki Lee
  • Publication number: 20220137477
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silicon photonics-based optical transmission apparatus. The apparatus includes an optical modulator chip of a ground-signal-ground (GSG) electrode array including two phase shifters for differential driving, a sub-substrate including a metal electrode of a periodic pattern to connect two ground metal electrodes to each other at a GSG electrode connected to each of the two phase shifters, and a solder bump having a same periodic pattern as the metal electrode of the sub-substrate to connect the ground metal electrodes of the optical modulator chip and the metal electrode of the periodic pattern of the sub-substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Sanghwa YOO, Heuk PARK, Joon Ki LEE
  • Patent number: 11307481
    Abstract: A silicon-based optical modulator. An optical modulator of a Mach-Zehnder type includes an optical coupler configured to separate a single optical signal into two optical signals having same output power, two phase shifters having a PN junction through which the two optical signals separated through the optical coupler pass respectively, a plurality of electrodes configured to apply an electrical signal to the two phase shifters, and two PN diodes disposed between the two phase shifters and configured to adjust an operating bandwidth of the optical modulator. The optical signals respectively passing through the two phase shifters have phases that change as a width of a depletion region changes based on a magnitude of a reverse voltage provided to the two phase shifters through the electrodes and a refractive index changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sanghwa Yoo, Joon Ki Lee
  • Publication number: 20220091332
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silicon photonics-based electronic-photonic integrated circuit (EPIC). The silicon photonics-based EPIC includes a silicon photonic integrated circuit (PIC) chip in which an optical device is mounted on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer including a trench region, an electronic integrated circuit (EIC) chip mounted in the trench region of the PIC chip, and an electrical interface configured to connect an electrode pad of the PIC chip and an electrode pad of the EIC chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Sanghwa YOO, Heuk PARK, Jyung Chan LEE, Joon Ki LEE
  • Publication number: 20210334143
    Abstract: A system for cooperation of disaggregated computing resources interconnected through an optical circuit, and a method for cooperation of disaggregated resources are disclosed. Functional block devices such as a processor block, an accelerator block, and a memory fabric block exist at a remote location, and these three types of remote functional block devices are interconnected and interoperated in a specific program to perform a cooperative computation and processing process. Accordingly, the system shares data and information of a memory existing in each block through optical signal interconnection that provides low-latency, fast processing, and wide bandwidth, and maintains cooperation and memory coherency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Daeub KIM, Jongtae SONG, Ji Wook YOUN, Joon Ki LEE, Kyeong-Eun HAN
  • Publication number: 20210273406
    Abstract: An optical transceiver and a method of setting a wavelength of the optical transceiver. The optical transceiver may include a thermoelectric cooler (TEC) configured to maintain a constant operating temperature of a transmitter optical sub-assembly (TOSA) of the optical transceiver based on an installation environment of the optical transceiver, a plurality of laser diodes arranged on the top of the TEC and configured to output optical signals having different wavelengths, an optical multiplexer configured to multiplex the optical signals having different wavelengths, output through the plurality of laser diodes, and a wavelength controller configured to control the wavelengths of the optical signals output through the plurality of laser diodes such that optical outputs of the optical signals having different wavelengths, detected through the optical multiplexer, are maximized, wherein the wavelength controller may be individually arranged in one region of each of the plurality of laser diodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jie Hyun Lee, Sae-Kyoung Kang, Joon Ki Lee, Sun Hyok Chang, Joon Young Huh
  • Patent number: 11079548
    Abstract: An optical connection apparatus includes a position fixing portion configured to fix optical circuits each having a different end portion, while interposing a connection member that is optically imprintable between the optical circuits, and an optical-imprinting portion configured to emit light to the connection member to form a three-dimensional (3D) optical waveguide in the connection member that connects the optical circuits to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sun Hyok Chang, Joon Ki Lee
  • Patent number: 11063405
    Abstract: An optical signal transmission apparatus including a temperature-independent wavelength tunable laser includes a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) laser including a DBR mirror region configured to convert a wavelength of an output optical signal based on a first supply current, and an optical gain region configured to control a gain of the output optical signal based on a second supply current, a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) configured to amplify an optical signal output from the DBR laser based on a third supply current, and a processor configured to supply a compensation current to the optical gain region based on a wavelength conversion request, to suppress a wavelength overshoot due to a carrier effect caused by the first supply current provided to the DBR mirror region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sanghwa Yoo, Kwangjoon Kim, Joon Ki Lee
  • Publication number: 20210141157
    Abstract: An optical coupling method and apparatus are disclosed. The optical coupling method improve the speed of optical alignment between an optical fiber and a grating coupler (GC) of an optical coupling apparatus for a characteristic test of a silicon photonic integrated circuit (Si-PIC) chip by using a reflective grating couplers disposed on the Si-PIC chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Sanghwa YOO, Sae-Kyoung KANG, Heuk PARK, Joon Young HUH, Jongtae SONG, Joon Ki LEE
  • Publication number: 20210072614
    Abstract: A silicon-based optical modulator. An optical modulator of a Mach-Zehnder type includes an optical coupler configured to separate a single optical signal into two optical signals having same output power, two phase shifters having a PN junction through which the two optical signals separated through the optical coupler pass respectively, a plurality of electrodes configured to apply an electrical signal to the two phase shifters, and two PN diodes disposed between the two phase shifters and configured to adjust an operating bandwidth of the optical modulator. The optical signals respectively passing through the two phase shifters have phases that change as a width of a depletion region changes based on a magnitude of a reverse voltage provided to the two phase shifters through the electrodes and a refractive index changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Sanghwa YOO, Joon Ki LEE