Patents by Inventor Christopher David Wright

Christopher David Wright 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).

  • Patent number: 11567389
    Abstract: A display is described which comprises a plurality of pixels (12), wherein each pixel (12) comprises a plasmonic resonator (26) including first and second metallic material elements (16, 22) and incorporating a layer (18) of a phase change material, the plasmonic resonator (26) being arranged such that in one material state of the phase change material (18) the electric field coupling between the second metallic material element (22) and the phase change material layer (18) is strong and so strong absorption of selected wavelengths of the incident light occurs, whereas in another state of the phase change material (18) the electric field coupling between the metallic material elements (16, 22) and the phase change material layer (18), and between the first and second metallic material elements (16, 22) is weak and so re-radiation of incident light occurs, the pixel (12) being of high reflectance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: University of Exeter
    Inventors: Santiago Garcia-Cuevas Carrillo, Christopher David Wright
  • Patent number: 11556312
    Abstract: A co-processor for performing a matrix multiplication of an input matrix with a data matrix in one step may be provided. The co-processor receives input signals for the input matrix as optical signals. A plurality of photonic memory elements is arranged at crossing points of an optical waveguide crossbar array. The plurality of memory elements is configured to store values of the data matrix. Input signals are connected to input lines of the optical waveguide crossbar array. Output lines of the optical waveguide crossbar array represent a dot-product between a respective column of the optical waveguide crossbar array and the received input signals, and values of elements of the input matrix to be multiplied with the data matrix correspond to light intensities received at input lines of the respective photonic memory elements. Additionally, different wavelengths are used for each column of the input matrix optical signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, Oxford University Innovation Limited, University of Exeter, University of Muenster
    Inventors: Abu Sebastian, Manuel Le Gallo-Bourdeau, Christopher David Wright, Nathan Youngblood, Harish Bhaskaran, Xuan Li, Wolfram Pernice, Johannes Feldmann
  • Publication number: 20220012013
    Abstract: A co-processor for performing a matrix multiplication of an input matrix with a data matrix in one step may be provided. The co-processor receives input signals for the input matrix as optical signals. A plurality of photonic memory elements is arranged at crossing points of an optical waveguide crossbar array. The plurality of memory elements is configured to store values of the data matrix. Input signals are connected to input lines of the optical waveguide crossbar array. Output lines of the optical waveguide crossbar array represent a dot-product between a respective column of the optical waveguide crossbar array and the received input signals, and values of elements of the input matrix to be multiplied with the data matrix correspond to light intensities received at input lines of the respective photonic memory elements. Additionally, different wavelengths are used for each column of the input matrix optical signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Abu Sebastian, Manuel Le Gallo-Bourdeau, Christopher David Wright, Nathan Youngblood, Harish Bhaskaran, Xuan Li, Wolfram Pernice, Johannes Feldmann