Patents Examined by Eric Wong
  • Patent number: 11940660
    Abstract: An OSFP optical transceiver having split multiple fiber optical port using reduced amount of MPO terminations is provided that includes two adjacent sockets integrated into the optical port of the OSFP optical transceiver. The two adjacent sockets are vertically oriented with respect to the mounting baseplate of the OSFP optical transceiver, and each of the two adjacent sockets is adapted to receive an MPO receptacle that terminates the proximal end of a bundle of fibers. The OSFP optical transceiver also includes an optical connection between each socket and a corresponding lens in the OSFP optical transceiver, for transmitting optical signals received from other transceivers into the OSFP optical transceiver and optical signals generated in the OSFP optical transceiver to other transceivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrey Ger, Rony Setter, Yaniv Kazav
  • Patent number: 11934025
    Abstract: A fiber optic assembly is provided including a support substrate having a substantially planar surface, a signal-fiber array supported on the planar surface of the support substrate. The signal-fiber array including a plurality of optical fibers and an adhesive disposed on the plurality of optical fibers and the support substrate. Each of the optical fibers is spaced from adjacent optical fibers of the plurality of optical fibers at a precise pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexander Lee Cuno, James Scott Sutherland
  • Patent number: 11927802
    Abstract: An optical module according to an embodiment includes a first optical component and a second optical component including a multicore fiber (MCF) and a spatial joining part. The first optical component includes a first uncoupled MCF having small optical coupling between cores and a first coupled MCF having a mode field diameter (MFD) larger than a MFD of the first uncoupled MCF. The second optical component includes a second uncoupled MCF having small optical coupling between cores and a second coupled MCF having a MFD larger than a MFD of the second uncoupled MCF. In the first coupled MCF and the second coupled MCF, crosstalk is periodically produced along the length direction of an MCF, and the total of the length of the first coupled MCF and the length of the second coupled MCF is a length L in which crosstalk is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Eiichiro Yamada, Takafumi Ohtsuka
  • Patent number: 11914194
    Abstract: An optical connection structure includes a MCF, a first ferrule, a plurality of optical fibers, and a second ferrule. The MCF includes first cores and a first cladding. The first ferrule has a first inner hole and a first ferrule end surface. Each optical fiber optically connected to the MCF includes a second core and a second cladding. The second ferrule has a second inner hole housing tip parts of the optical fibers, and a second ferrule end surface. The second ferrule fixes the tip parts of the optical fibers in the second inner hole by an adhesive. The adhesive is packed in the second inner hole such that a surface of the adhesive is recessed from the second ferrule end surface into the second inner hole. A refractive-index matching material is applied in a space sealed by the first ferrule end surface and the second ferrule end surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Osamu Shimakawa
  • Patent number: 11906785
    Abstract: A coupler array device may include an array of couplers arranged in a coupler plane, where each of the couplers couples light between the coupler plane and one or more directions outside of the coupler plane. A coupler array device may further include a pixel switch network to selectively couple light into or out of a selected subset of the plurality of couplers, where the pixel switch network may include one or more pixel-network waveguides and pixel-network switches to couple light between couplers and pixel-network waveguides. The coupler array device may further include one or more feed networks including a feed-line waveguide and one or more feed-network switches to couple light between the feed-line waveguide and at least some of the pixel-network waveguides. Light may be routable between selected couplers and selected feed-line waveguides along selected paths by controlling the pixel-network switches and the feed-network switches along the selected paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Renshaw, Sajad Saghaye Polkoo
  • Patent number: 11906790
    Abstract: The present invention provides a latch structure arranged in an optical receptacle. The latch structure comprises a supporting element and a first clip structure, wherein the supporting element is assembled with the housing of the optical receptacle. The first clip structure is formed on the supporting element for retaining the optical connector inserting into the optical receptacle. The main idea of the present invention is that when the latch structure assembling with the optical receptacle, there is no interaction force between the first clip structure and optical receptacle so as to maintain the clipping force of the first clip structure acting on the optical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ACSUPER TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Chung-Ming Tseng
  • Patent number: 11899261
    Abstract: A fiber optic assembly is provided including a housing having an exterior and an internal volume, a cable port configured for a plurality of fiber optic cables to pass from the exterior to the internal volume of the housing, and a cable strain relief. The cable strain relief includes a base and a restraint projection extending from the base. The restraint projection includes opposing first second faces, a leading edge facing the internal volume, and a trailing edge facing the exterior. The restraint projection is configured to receive the plurality of fiber optic cables banded at a first location disposed at the leading edge and a second location disposed at the trailing edge, such that a portion of the plurality of fiber optic cables is disposed at the first and second faces, and the restraint projection resists lateral movement of the plurality of fiber optic cables relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Research & Development Corporation
    Inventors: Tomasz Mateusz Kubiak, Marcin Kusmierek, Larry Todd McKinney
  • Patent number: 11899265
    Abstract: A cable strain relief for a fiber optic assembly is provided including a body defining a sidewall, a cable passthrough disposed in the body from a first end of the body to a second end of the body, and a cable slot disposed through sidewall enabling a fiber optic cable to be inserted into the cable passthrough. The cable strain relief also includes a plurality of hooks disposed on an exterior surface of the sidewall. The plurality of hooks are configured to resist movement of a strength member of the fiber optic cable, when the strength member is wrapped around the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Research & Development Corporation
    Inventors: Przemyslaw Andrzej Kukian, Marcin Kusmierek
  • Patent number: 11901691
    Abstract: An optical element may include a plurality of subsurface induced scattering centers formed in the optical element, where the plurality of subsurface induced scattering centers scatter light passing through the optical element. In some implementations, the plurality of subsurface induced scattering centers may form a scattering region in the optical element. Additionally, or alternatively, the plurality of subsurface induced scattering centers may spatially vary transmission of light through the optical element. The optical element may be an optical waveguide, a bulk optic, and/or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLC
    Inventors: James Lefort, Richard D. Faulhaber, Martin H. Muendel, Andreas Oehler
  • Patent number: 11885996
    Abstract: A light-guide optical element is provided, including a transparent light-guide body having a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface disposed therein. The transparent light-guide body includes a side surface facing a first direction, and a first surface and a second surface which are adjacent to the side surface and face each other. The first inclined surface extends from the first surface to the second surface. The second inclined surface is located at the other side of the first inclined surface facing the side surface. The second inclined surface extends from the first surface to the second surface. When an input light enters the transparent light-guide body, the input light is partially reflected by the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface to form an output light output from the transparent light-guide body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Shinyoptics Corp.
    Inventors: Jinn-Chou Yoo, Chun-Min Chen, Cheng-Shun Liao
  • Patent number: 11874497
    Abstract: A photonic chip and a preparation method thereof are provided. The chip includes a lithium niobate film modulator array, a first optical coupling array, and a silica waveguide wavelength-division multiplexer, and the lithium niobate film modulator array includes one or more lithium niobate film modulators and is used to modulate an optical signal; the first optical coupling array includes one or more first optical coupling structures, and the first optical coupling structure has one end connected to a corresponding lithium niobate thin film modulator and the other end connected to the silica waveguide wavelength-division multiplexer so as to transmit the modulated optical signal to the silica waveguide wavelength-division multiplexer; and the silica waveguide wavelength-division multiplexer is used to perform wavelength-division multiplexing on the modulated optical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Lin Yang, Shanglin Yang, Lei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11874514
    Abstract: A light guide or beam guiding system with safety component and a method for its breakage monitoring. The present invention provides a fiber optic cable comprising a power fiber as well as first and second channels for break and plug monitoring of the power fiber, wherein the first and second channels may be separate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: II-VI DELAWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Eduard Armbruster, Frank Schulze
  • Patent number: 11867943
    Abstract: An example of an optical fiber includes an attenuating cladding disposed around a first waveguide (e.g., a core) and a waveguide (e.g., a waveguide cladding) disposed around the attenuating cladding. An attenuating cladding may be a doped layer that may be doped with, for example, a dopant comprising metal. A first waveguide and a second waveguide may each transmit light for a distinct sample characterization technique. An example of an optical fiber includes a core, a first intermediate cladding disposed around the core, an attenuating cladding disposed around the first intermediate cladding, an attenuating cladding disposed around the first intermediate cladding, a second intermediate cladding disposed around the attenuating cladding, a waveguide cladding disposed around the second intermediate cladding, and outer cladding disposed around the waveguide cladding, and an outer coating around the outer cladding. An optical fiber may be formed using a rod-in-tube process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Spectra WAVE, Inc.
    Inventor: Martin F. Seifert
  • Patent number: 11867951
    Abstract: An assembly of two fiber optic ferrules allows for the mating of a CWDM fiber optic ferrule with a non-CWDM fiber optic ferrule. The CWDM fiber optic ferrule has optical fibers that carry optical beams with at least two different wavelengths, which the non-CWDM ferrule has optical fibers that carry only one wavelength. The CWDM fiber optic ferrule and the non-CWDM fiber optic ferrule have optical fibers that are inserted along parallel axes. The non-CWDM fiber optic ferrule has a lens pitch that matches the CWDM ferrule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: US Conec Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitchell Cloud, Darrell R. Childers, DJ Hastings
  • Patent number: 11846818
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical fibre joint enclosure for providing housing to a plurality of optical fibres and a plurality of optical fibre cables. Further, the optical fibre joint enclosure includes a dome cover, a latch, a metal lock wire, a lock and a port assembly. Furthermore, the optical fibre joint enclosure includes a plurality of storage baskets. The plurality of storage baskets includes a first basket, a second basket and a third basket. The first basket is positioned on a first side inside the dome cover of the optical fibre joint enclosure. The second basket is positioned on a second side inside the dome cover of the optical fibre joint enclosure. The third basket is positioned in middle of the first basket and the second basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Inventor: Shantha Kumar
  • Patent number: 11841562
    Abstract: Electro-optic modulation of multiple phase modulator waveguides with a single electrode is made possible by determining places of equal electric field strength. Substrate extensions support edges of a wide hot electrode and ground electrodes equally spaced from the wide hot electrodes. Waveguides are positioned in the extensions separated from the electrodes by buffer layers. A wide microstrip hot electrode on a buffer layer, wider substrate and ground has multiple waveguides in the substrate below the buffer layer. A thinned substrate has a microstrip hot electrode and spaced coplanar grounds with multiple waveguides located on both sides. Decreasing substrate thickness flattens the electric field strength between the electrodes and allows multiple waveguides located between the central hot and outer ground electrodes. Adjacent waveguides with different asymmetric waveguide index portion staged along their length eliminate cross talk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: EOSPACE INC.
    Inventors: David Emil Moilanen, Suwat Thaniyavarn, Walter Charczenko
  • Patent number: 11841538
    Abstract: This application relates to an optical connector holder and an optical connector assembly including the optical connector holder. In one aspect, the optical connector holder includes a holder body including a mounting hole for inserting an optical connector, and a support piece extending from the mounting hole toward a rear side of the holder body to support the optical connector. The optical connector holder may also include a front end locking protrusion protruding from the mounting hole toward the optical connector to catch at least a portion of the optical connector when the optical connector is inserted into the mounting hole. The optical connector holder may further include a rear end locking protrusion protruding upward from the support piece so that the optical connector is seated in the mounting hole while being caught by the front end locking protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: A.J. WORLD CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sun Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 11835773
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an optic fiber connector, including a ferrule, a holder, a connector body having a plurality of first locking slots, a spring sleeved onto the holder, and a retainer having a plurality of locking hooks. The ferrule is assembled to the holder. The spring, the holder, and the ferrule are received in a space formed between the retainer and the connector body by locking the locking hooks with the locking slots respectively, wherein the spring is compressed by locking such that the retainer, the holder, the spring, and the connector body are abutted with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: ACON OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Jia Rong Wu, Tsung Yao Hsu
  • Patent number: 11822124
    Abstract: An optical multiplexing circuit includes a plurality of branching units configured to each divide light output from a corresponding one of a plurality of input waveguides, a multiplexing unit configured to multiplex a plurality of first beams of the light, each obtained by dividing the light by a corresponding one of the plurality of branching units, an output waveguide configured to output the light multiplexed by the multiplexing unit, a plurality of monitoring filters configured to individually input, via a first monitoring waveguide, a corresponding one of a plurality of second beams of the light, a wavelength through each of the plurality of monitoring filters having a transmittance of 50% being set to be a center wavelength of the plurality of second beams of the light, and a change in wavelength due to an assumed change in temperature being set to be less than half of an FSR, and a plurality of second monitoring waveguides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Sakamoto, Toshikazu Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11811433
    Abstract: A silicon photonics substrate for a transceiver includes a substrate member comprised of a first silicon material, and, heterogeneously formed on the substrate member, receiver circuitry and transmitter circuitry. The receiver circuitry is comprised of a second silicon material and is configured to receive a coherent input signal, generate first and second oscillator signals based on light input from a laser diode, and detect a transverse electric (TE) mode signal and a transverse magnetic (TM) mode signal in the coherent input signal based on the first and second oscillator signals. The transmitter circuitry is comprised of the second or a third silicon material and is configured to transmit signals having the two or more possible modulation formats and modulate the light input from the laser diode in either a TE mode or a TM mode to generate a coherent output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MARVELL ASIA PTE LTD
    Inventor: Radhakrishnan L. Nagarajan