Patents by Inventor Carsten Suess

Carsten Suess 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).

  • Optical component tester
    Patent number: 6538778
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical component tester for determining the wavelength dependent characteristics of an optical component. The tester comprises as functional units a tunable laser source for providing a stimulus signal to the optical component and one or more response units for receiving a response of the optical component on the stimulus signal; The tester further comprises a control unit coupled to the functional units for controlling the functioning thereof. The control unit preferably comprises a microcontroller connected to a signal processor, whereby the signal processor is connected to the functional units and responsible for processing all timing critical operations within the tester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Edgar Leckel, Helmut Sennewald, Carsten Suess