Patents by Inventor Alexander Rylyakov
Alexander Rylyakov 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).
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Patent number: 11953800Abstract: An optical resonant modulator based on coupling modulation, comprising a resonant structure with an embedded Mach-Zehnder interferometer that is differentially driven to induced amplitude modulation at the output port. The principle of coupling modulation enables high data/baud rates to be achieved in a photonic integrated circuit, e.g. silicon, footprint that is considerably smaller than that of a conventional traveling-wave Mach-Zehnder modulator, in particular by utilizing space saving features, such as ring resonator phase shifters and bend waveguide arms.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks OyInventors: Ajay Mistry, Meisam Bahadori, Alexander Rylyakov, Rafid Sukkar, Matthew Streshinsky
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Publication number: 20230251546Abstract: An optical resonant modulator based on coupling modulation, comprising a resonant structure with an embedded Mach-Zehnder interferometer that is differentially driven to induced amplitude modulation at the output port. The principle of coupling modulation enables high data/baud rates to be achieved in a photonic integrated circuit, e.g. silicon, footprint that is considerably smaller than that of a conventional traveling-wave Mach-Zehnder modulator, in particular by utilizing space saving features, such as ring resonator phase shifters and bend waveguide arms.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2022Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Ajay Mistry, Meisam Bahadori, Alexander Rylyakov, Rafid Sukkar, Matthew Streshinsky
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Patent number: 11599005Abstract: A multi-section optical modulator and related method are disclosed wherein two waveguide arms traverse a plurality of successive modulating sections. A differential drive signal is applied separately to each waveguide arm of each modulating sections in synchronism with the transmission of light along the waveguide arms, effecting a dual differential driving of each section. By suitably selecting the number of modulating sections and the section length, a high modulation bandwidth and a high modulation efficiency may be achieved simultaneously for a given peak-to-peak voltage swing of the drive signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks OyInventors: Christopher Williams, Mostafa Ahmed, Alexander Rylyakov, Richard C. Younce, Yang Liu, Ran Ding, Abdelrahman Ahmed
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Publication number: 20230055077Abstract: An apparatus includes a lithium niobate (LN) layer, and a planar electro-optical modulator having at least one hybrid optical core segment formed of a portion of the LN layer and an optical guiding rib. The optical guiding rib may be located in a top silicon layer of a silicon photonics (SiP) chip, to which a thin-film LN chip is flip-chip mounted, and may be coupled to optical waveguide cores in a first silicon core layer of the SiP chip. One or more drive electrodes are disposed between a substrate of the SiP chip and the LN layer. In some embodiments hybrid optical core segments may include silicon nitride core segments and may form an MZM configured to be differentially or dual-differentially driven.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Ruizhi SHI, Ari NOVACK, Alexander RYLYAKOV, Eu-Jin Andy LIM
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Patent number: 11309845Abstract: In optical receivers, extending the transimpedance amplifier's (TIA) dynamic range is a key to increasing the receiver's dynamic range, and therefore increase the channel capacity. Ideally, the TIA requires controllable gain, whereby the receiver can modify the characteristics of the TIA and/or the VGA to process high power incoming signals with a defined maximum distortion, and low power incoming signals with a defined maximum noise. A solution to the problem is to provide TIA's with reconfigurable feedback resistors, which are adjustable based on the level of power, e.g. current, generated by the photodetector, and variable load resistors, which are adjustable based on the change in impedance caused by the change in the feedback resistor.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks OyInventors: Ariel Leonardo Vera Villarroel, Abdelrahman Ahmed, Alexander Rylyakov
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Patent number: 11209674Abstract: An optical modulator apparatus may include a plurality of segment drivers, each segment driver having a unique offset voltage and driving but a portion or a segment of an electro-optical modulator. A modulating electrical signal may be applied to the segment drivers via a plurality of electrical delays. Parameters of the segment drivers may be selected so as to approximate a pre-defined transfer function, which may include a linear or a non-linear transfer function.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Nokia Solutions & Networks OyInventors: Ran Ding, Thomas Wetteland Baehr-Jones, Peter D. Magill, Michael J. Hochberg, Alexander Rylyakov
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Publication number: 20210373409Abstract: A multi-section optical modulator and related method are disclosed wherein two waveguide arms traverse a plurality of successive modulating sections. A differential drive signal is applied separately to each waveguide arm of each modulating sections in synchronism with the transmission of light along the waveguide arms, affecting a dual differential driving of each section. By suitably selecting the number of modulating sections and the section length, a high modulation bandwidth and a high modulation efficiency may be achieved simultaneously for a given peak-to-peak voltage swing of the drive signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Christopher Williams, Mostafa Ahmed, Alexander Rylyakov, Richard C. Younce, Yang Liu, Ran Ding, Abdelrahman Ahmed
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Patent number: 11086188Abstract: A multi-section optical modulator and related method are disclosed wherein two waveguide arms traverse a plurality of successive modulating sections. A differential drive signal is applied separately to each waveguide arm of each modulating sections in synchronism with the transmission of light along the waveguide arms, affecting a dual differential driving of each section. By suitably selecting the number of modulating sections and the section length, a high modulation bandwidth and a high modulation efficiency may be achieved simultaneously for a given peak-to-peak voltage swing of the drive signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Nokia Solutions & Networks OyInventors: Christopher Williams, Mostafa Ahmed, Alexander Rylyakov, Richard C. Younce, Yang Liu, Ran Ding, Abdelrahman Ahmed
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Patent number: 10965252Abstract: Modern modulator drivers must be capable of delivering a large output voltage into a tens of ohms modulator, while minimizing the amount of distortion added by the driver. The driver should deliver the output voltage without exceeding a maximum distortion while minimizing the DC power consumption. Accordingly, a modulator driver includes a final stage amplifier with auxiliary transistors that turn on when the conventional differential pair of transistors approaches their maximum voltage of the linear region of their transfer function, thereby providing a more linear transfer function, in particular at large input voltages.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Inventors: Ariel Leonardo Vera Villarroel, Mohamed Megahed Mabrouk Megahed, Alexander Rylyakov
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Patent number: 10955691Abstract: Within a modulator driver, different blocks are employed, e.g. a buffer, one or more variable gain amplifiers (VGA), and a final driver stage. Each of these blocks has an optimum bias point for best performance; however, interconnecting the blocks requires sharing the DC bias points in their interface, which does not necessarily match the optimum performance bias point of each block. Accordingly, a first offset feedback loop extending from reference points after a selected one of the blocks to an input of one of the blocks. The first offset feedback loop includes current sources capable of delivering a variable current to the input of the selected block in order to compensate any offset in an amplified differential input electrical signal measured at the reference points. A first bias feedback loop is also provided, including a current sinker for subtracting excess current introduced in the first offset compensation feedback loop.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Elenion Technologies, LLCInventors: Ariel Leonardo Vera Villarroel, Abdelrahman Ahmed, Daihyun Lim, Alexander Rylyakov
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Patent number: 10958230Abstract: In optical receivers, extending the transimpedance amplifier's (TIA) dynamic range is a key to increasing the receiver's dynamic range, and therefore increase the channel capacity. Ideally, the TIA requires controllable gain, whereby the receiver can modify the characteristics of the TIA and/or the VGA to process high power incoming signals with a defined maximum distortion, and low power incoming signals with a defined maximum noise. A solution to the problem is to provide TIA's and VGA's with reconfigurable sizes, which are adjustable based on the level of power, e.g. current, generated by the photodetector.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Elenion Technologies, LLCInventors: Ariel Leonardo Vera Villarroel, Abdelrahman Ahmed, Alexander Rylyakov
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Patent number: 10944486Abstract: In high data rate receivers, comprising a photodetector (PD) and a transimpedance amplifier (TIA), a transmitted optical signal typically has poor extinction ratio, which translates into a small modulated current with a large DC current at the output of the PD. The large DC current saturates the TIA, which significantly degrades the gain and bandwidth performance. Accordingly, cancelling photo diode DC current in high data rate receivers is important for proper receiver operation. A DC current cancellation loop, comprising a low pass filter section and a trans-conductance cell (GM) are connected to the input of the TIA. PD DC current IDC is drawn from the input node of the TIA in the GM cell, such that the cancellation loop maintains the DC voltage value of the TIA input node to be the same as a reference voltage (VREF).Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2017Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Elenion Technologies, LLCInventors: Mostafa Ahmed, Alexander Rylyakov
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Patent number: 10944482Abstract: A coherent optical receiver for AM optical signals has a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) as an optical front-end. The PIC includes a polarization beam splitter followed by two optical hybrids each followed by an opto-electric (OE) converter. Each OE converter includes one or more differential detectors and one or more squaring circuits, which outputs may be summed. The PIC may further include integrated polarization controllers, wavelength demultiplexers, and/or tunable dispersion compensators.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Elenion Technologies, LLCInventors: Richard C. Younce, Alexander Rylyakov, Michael J. Hochberg
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Patent number: 10931381Abstract: In optical receivers, cancelling the DC component of the incoming current is a key to increasing the receiver's effectiveness, and therefore increase the channel capacity. Ideally, the receiver includes a DC cancellation circuit for removing the DC component; however, in differential receivers an offset may be created between the output voltage components caused by the various amplifiers. Accordingly, an offset cancellation circuit is required to determine the offset and to modify the DC cancellation circuit accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Elenion Technologies, LLCInventors: Ariel Leonardo Vera Villarroel, Abdelrahman Ahmed, Alexander Rylyakov
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Publication number: 20200393706Abstract: Within a modulator driver, different blocks are employed, e.g. a buffer, one or more variable gain amplifiers (VGA), and a final driver stage. Each of these blocks has an optimum bias point for best performance; however, interconnecting the blocks requires sharing the DC bias points in their interface, which does not necessarily match the optimum performance bias point of each block.. Accordingly, a first offset feedback loop extending from reference points after a selected one of the blocks to an input of one of the blocks. The first offset feedback loop includes current sources capable of delivering a variable current to the input of the selected block in order to compensate any offset in an amplified differential input electrical signal measured at the reference points. A first bias feedback loop is also provided, including a current sinker for subtracting excess current introduced in the first offset compensation feedback loop.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2019Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Ariel Leonardo Vera Villarroel, Abdelrahman Ahmed, Daihyun Lim, Alexander Rylyakov
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Patent number: 10862716Abstract: An optical coherent receiver includes an optical hybrid (OH) configured to mix signal and reference light, and two back-end optical ports. An optical equalizing network interconnects two 180° OH output ports with the two back-end optical ports so that each back-end optical port receives light from each of the two OH output ports. Optical signals from each of the two back-end optical ports are converted to electrical signals that are fed to a differential amplifier. Adjusting coupling ratios and/or optical delays in the optical equalizing network reduces an OSNR penalty of a lower-bandwidth differential amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Elenion Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Abdelrahman Ahmed, Ruizhi Shi, Alexander Rylyakov, Richard C. Younce
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Publication number: 20200382217Abstract: A coherent optical receiver for AM optical signals has a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) as an optical front-end. The PIC includes a polarization beam splitter followed by two optical hybrids each followed by an opto-electric (OE) converter. Each OE converter includes one or more differential detectors and one or more squaring circuits, which outputs may be summed. The PIC may further include integrated polarization controllers, wavelength demultiplexers, and/or tunable dispersion compensators.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2019Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Richard C. Younce, Alexander Rylyakov, Michael J. Hochberg
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Patent number: 10831081Abstract: A dual-differential optical modulator includes two optical waveguide arms, each including one or more phase modulating p/n junctions. The p/n junctions in each waveguide arm are electrically coupled between a same pair of single-ended transmission lines so as to be differentially push-pull modulated when the transmission line pair is connected to a differential driver. Either cathode or anode electrodes of the p/n junctions are AC coupled to the transmission lines and DC biased independently on the transmission line signals.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Elenion Technologies, LLCInventors: Ariel Leonardo Vera Villarroel, Alexander Rylyakov, Yangjin Ma
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Publication number: 20200336109Abstract: Modern modulator drivers must be capable of delivering a large output voltage into a tens of ohms modulator, while minimizing the amount of distortion added by the driver. The driver should deliver the output voltage without exceeding a maximum distortion while minimizing the DC power consumption. Accordingly, a modulator driver includes a final stage amplifier with auxiliary transistors that turn on when the conventional differential pair of transistors approaches their maximum voltage of the linear region of their transfer function, thereby providing a more linear transfer function, in particular at large input voltages.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Ariel Leonardo Vera Villarroel, Mohamed Megahed Mabrouk Megahed, Alexander Rylyakov
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Patent number: 10756690Abstract: In conventional optical receivers the dynamic range is obtained by using variable gain amplifiers (VGA) with a fixed trans-impedance amplifier (TIA) gain. To overcome the SNR problems inherent in conventional receivers an improved optical receiver comprises an automatic gain control loop for generating at least one gain control signal for controlling gain of both the VGA and the TIA. Ideally, both the resistance and the gain of the TIA are controlled by a gain control signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Elenion Technologies, LLCInventors: Mostafa Ahmed, Alexander Rylyakov