Patents by Inventor Christopher J. Carron

Christopher J. Carron 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 DEVICE INCLUDING A MONOLITHIC BODY OF OPTICAL MATERIAL AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20190243210
    Abstract: An optical device may include a monolithic body of optical material including an optical signal port, an optical coupler/splitter portion including a plurality of optical couplers/splitters arranged in a planar configuration and coupled to the optical signal port, and a phase modulation portion including a plurality of phase shifters arranged in a planar configuration and coupled to respective ones of the plurality of optical couplers/splitters. The monolithic body may also include a fanning-array portion including a plurality of optical waveguides extending from the phase modulation portion in a planar configuration and fanning to a two-dimensional array on an edge of the monolithic body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: MICAH H. JENKINS, Christopher J. Carron, Charles F. Middleton
  • Optical device including a monolithic body of optical material and related methods
    Patent number: 10365536
    Abstract: An optical device may include a monolithic body of optical material including an optical signal port, an optical coupler/splitter portion including a plurality of optical couplers/splitters arranged in a planar configuration and coupled to the optical signal port, and a phase modulation portion including a plurality of phase shifters arranged in a planar configuration and coupled to respective ones of the plurality of optical couplers/splitters. The monolithic body may also include a fanning-array portion including a plurality of optical waveguides extending from the phase modulation portion in a planar configuration and fanning to a two-dimensional array on an edge of the monolithic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: EAGLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Micah H. Jenkins, Christopher J. Carron, Charles F. Middleton