Patents by Inventor Eyal Shekel
Eyal Shekel 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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Publication number: 20020097958Abstract: This invention discloses an optical device including at least one first substrate defining a multiplicity of optical fiber positioning grooves, a multiplicity of optical fibers fixed in each of said multiplicity of optical fiber positioning grooves on the at least one first substrate, whereby the multiplicity of optical fibers lie in an optical fiber plane and the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers lie substantially in a first predetermined arrangement in the optical fiber plane,a second substrate fixed onto the at least one first substrate such that an edge of the second substrate extends beyond the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers, a lens assembly including a third substrate, and a lens fixed onto the third substrate, the lens assembly being mounted onto the second substrate such that the lens lies in a second predetermined arrangement with respect to the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers, whereby the separation between the lens and the ends of each of theType: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2001Publication date: July 25, 2002Applicant: CHIARO NETWORKS LTD.Inventors: Eyal Shekel, Eli Rafaeli, Yedidya Ariel, Guy Matmon, Daniel Majer
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Patent number: 6421476Abstract: This invention discloses an optical switch including a plurality of ports, an optical crossbar assembly, and a plurality of information carrying optical fibers interconnecting the plurality of ports with inputs to the optical crossbar assembly, the information carrying optical fibers including polarization maintaining fibers.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1999Date of Patent: July 16, 2002Assignee: Chiaro Networks Ltd.Inventors: Eyal Shekel, Daniel Majer, Shlomo Ruschin, Guy Matmon, Jacob Vecht, Yedidia Ariel
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Patent number: 6411756Abstract: An optical filter including at least one multiport optical coupler formed on a gallium arsenide substrate, one connection port of the at least one multiport optical coupler receiving an input output signal, and another connection port of the at least one multiport optical coupler outputting a filtered optical signal and at least one electrically tunable optical resonator, formed on the gallium arsenide substrate and connected to at least one of the at least multiport optical coupler.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2001Date of Patent: June 25, 2002Assignees: Chiaro Networks, Ltd., Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Research and Development AuthorityInventors: Dan Sadot, Daniel Majer, Eyal Shekel
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Publication number: 20020071623Abstract: This invention discloses a selectably directable optical beam defecting device including at least at least one substrate having formed thereon a multiplicity of waveguides, each waveguide receiving light and emitting light, the totality of light emitted by said multiplicity of waveguides producing at least one selectably directable output beam, and at least one multiplexer applying electrical inputs to the at least one substrate for individually controlling the light emitted by each of the multiplicity of waveguides, thereby governing the orientation of the selectably directable output beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2002Publication date: June 13, 2002Applicant: CHIARO NETWORKS LTD.Inventors: Eyal Shekel, Daniel Majer, Shlomo Ruschin, Guy Matmon, Jacob Julian Vecht, Yedidia Ariel
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Publication number: 20020054736Abstract: This invention discloses an optical device including at least one first substrate defining a multiplicity of optical fiber positioning grooves, a multiplicity of optical fibers fixed in each of said multiplicity of optical fiber positioning grooves on the at least one first substrate, whereby the multiplicity of optical fibers lie in an optical fiber plane and the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers lie substantially in a first predetermined arrangement in the optical fiber plane, a second substrate fixed onto the at least one first substrate such that an edge of the second substrate extends beyond the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers, a lens assembly including a third substrate, and a lens fixed onto the third substrate, the lens assembly being mounted onto the second substrate such that the lens lies in a second predetermined arrangement with respect to the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers, whereby the separation between the lens and the ends of each of theType: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2001Publication date: May 9, 2002Applicant: CHIARO NETWORKS LTD.Inventors: Eyal Shekel, Eli Rafaeli, Yedidya Ariel, Guy Matmon, Daniel Majer
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Patent number: 6377733Abstract: This invention discloses an optical device including at least one first substrate defining a multiplicity of optical fiber positioning grooves, a multiplicity of optical fibers fixed in each of said multiplicity of optical fiber positioning grooves on the at least one first substrate, whereby the multiplicity of optical fibers lie in an optical fiber plane and the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers lie substantially in a first predetermined arrangement in the optical fiber plane, a second substrate fixed onto the at least one first substrate such that an edge of the second substrate extends beyond the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers, a lens assembly including a third substrate, and a lens fixed onto the third substrate, the lens assembly being mounted onto the second substrate such that the lens lies in a second predetermined arrangement with respect to the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers, whereby the separation between the lens and the ends of each of theType: GrantFiled: December 8, 2000Date of Patent: April 23, 2002Assignee: Chiaro Networks LTDInventors: Eyal Shekel, Eli Rafaeli, Yedidya Ariel, Guy Matmon, Daniel Majer
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Patent number: 6374002Abstract: This invention discloses a selectably directable optical beam generating device including at least one substrate having formed thereon a multiplicity of waveguides, and a laser monolithically formed on the at least one substrate and providing light to the multiplicity of waveguides.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1999Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Assignee: Chiaro Networks Ltd.Inventors: Eyal Shekel, Daniel Majer, Shlomo Ruschin, Guy Matmon, Jacob Julian Vecht, Yedidia Ariel
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Patent number: 6370284Abstract: This invention discloses an optical switch including at least one monolithic plurality of selectably directable optical beam deflecting devices, and a plurality of optical beam receiving devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1999Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: Chiaro Networks Ltd.Inventors: Eyal Shekel, Daniel Majer, Shlomo Ruschin, Guy Matmon, Jacob Vecht, Yedidia Ariel
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Patent number: 6370302Abstract: This invention discloses an optical device including at least one first substrate defining a multiplicity of optical fiber positioning grooves, a multiplicity of optical fibers fixed in each of said multiplicity of optical fiber positioning grooves on the at least one first substrate, whereby the multiplicity of optical fibers lie in an optical fiber plane and the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers lie substantially in a first predetermined arrangement in the optical fiber plane, a second substrate fixed onto the at least one first substrate such that an edge of the second substrate extends beyond the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers, a lens assembly including a third substrate, and a lens fixed onto the third substrate, the lens assembly being mounted onto the second substrate such that the lens lies in a second predetermined arrangement with respect to the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2001Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: Chiaro Networks Ltd.Inventors: Eyal Shekel, Eli Rafaeli, Yedidya Ariel, Guy Matmon, Daniel Majer
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Patent number: 6366720Abstract: This invention discloses an optical device including at least one first substrate defining a multiplicity of optical fiber positioning grooves, a multiplicity of optical fibers fixed in each of said multiplicity of optical fiber positioning grooves on the at least one first substrate, whereby the multiplicity of optical fibers lie in an optical fiber plane and the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers lie substantially in a first predetermined arrangement in the optical fiber plane,a second substrate fixed onto the at least one first substrate such that an edge of the second substrate extends beyond the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers, a lens assembly including a third substrate, and a lens fixed onto the third substrate, the lens assembly being mounted onto the second substrate such that the lens lies in a second predetermined arrangement with respect to the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 1999Date of Patent: April 2, 2002Assignee: Chiaro Networks Ltd.Inventors: Eyal Shekel, Eli Rafaeli, Yedidya Ariel, Guy Matmon, Daniel Majer
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Patent number: 6366709Abstract: This invention discloses a selectably directable optical beam generating device including at least one light source, and at least one substrate, each having formed thereon a multiplicity of waveguides, each waveguide receiving light from the at least one light source and emitting light, the totality of light emitted by the multiplicity of waveguides producing at least one selectably directable output beam.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1999Date of Patent: April 2, 2002Assignee: Chiaro Networks Ltd.Inventors: Eyal Shekel, Daniel Majer, Shlomo Ruschin, Guy Matmon, Jacob Julian Vecht, Yedidia Ariel
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Patent number: 6363185Abstract: This invention discloses an optical device including at least one first substrate defining a multiplicity of optical fiber positioning grooves, a multiplicity of optical fibers fixed in each of said multiplicity of optical fiber positioning grooves on the at least one first substrate, whereby the multiplicity of optical fibers lie in an optical fiber plane and the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers lie substantially in a first predetermined arrangement in the optical fiber plane, a second substrate fixed onto the at least one first substrate such that an edge of the second substrate extends beyond the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers, a lens assembly including a third substrate, and a lens fixed onto the third substrate, the lens assembly being mounted onto the second substrate such that the lens lies in a second predetermined arrangement with respect to the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2000Date of Patent: March 26, 2002Assignee: Chiaro Networks Ltd.Inventors: Eyal Shekel, Eli Rafaeli, Yedidya Ariel, Guy Matmon, Daniel Majer
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Publication number: 20020027661Abstract: A method and apparatus for wavefront analysis including obtaining a plurality of differently phase changed transformed wavefronts corresponding to a wavefront being analyzed which has an amplitude and a phase, obtaining a plurality of intensity maps of the plurality of phase changed transformed wavefronts and employing the plurality of intensity maps to obtain an output indicating the amplitude and phase of the wavefront being analyzed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2001Publication date: March 7, 2002Applicant: NANO-OR TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Yoel Arieli, Shay Wolfling, Eyal Shekel
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Publication number: 20020012499Abstract: This invention discloses an optical device including at least one first substrate defining a multiplicity of optical fiber positioning grooves, a multiplicity of optical fibers fixed in each of said multiplicity of optical fiber positioning grooves on the at least one first substrate, whereby the multiplicity of optical fibers lie in an optical fiber plane and the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers lie substantially in a first predetermined arrangement in the optical fiber plane, a second substrate fixed onto the at least one first substrate such that an edge of the second substrate extends beyond the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers, a lens assembly including a third substrate, and a lens fixed onto the third substrate, the lens assembly being mounted onto the second substrate such that the lens lies in a second predetermined arrangement with respect to the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers, whereby the separation between the lens and the ends of each of theType: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2001Publication date: January 31, 2002Applicant: CHIARO NETWORKS LTDInventors: Eyal Shekel, Eli Rafaeli, Yedidya Ariel, Guy Matmon, Daniel Majer
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Publication number: 20020003924Abstract: This invention discloses an optical device including at least one first substrate defining a multiplicity of optical fiber positioning grooves, a multiplicity of optical fibers fixed in each of said multiplicity of optical fiber positioning grooves on the at least one first substrate, whereby the multiplicity of optical fibers lie in an optical fiber plane and the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers lie substantially in a first predetermined arrangement in the optical fiber plane, a second substrate fixed onto the at least one first substrate such that an edge of the second substrate extends beyond the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers, a lens assembly including a third substrate, and a lens fixed onto the third substrate, the lens assembly being mounted onto the second substrate such that the lens lies in a second predetermined arrangement with respect to the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers, whereby the separation between the lens and the ends of each of theType: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2000Publication date: January 10, 2002Applicant: CHIARO NETWORKS LTDInventors: Eyal Shekel, Eli Rafaeli, Yedidya Ariel, Guy Matmon, Daniel Majer
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Patent number: 6304695Abstract: A method of producing a modulated light source including the steps of providing a modulator, fiberlessly coupling a laser diode light source to the modulator and enclosing the modulator and the laser diode light source within a housing together with output optics operative to direct modulated light from the modulator into an optical fiber extending outwardly from the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 1999Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignee: Chiaro Networks Ltd.Inventor: Eyal Shekel
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Publication number: 20010022877Abstract: An optical filter including at least one multiport optical coupler formed on a gallium arsenide substrate, one connection port of the at least one multiport optical coupler receiving an input optical signal, and another connection port of the at least one multiport optical coupler outputting a filtered optical signal and at least one electrically tunable optical resonator, formed on the gallium arsenide substrate and connected to at least one of the at least multiport optical coupler.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Applicant: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Research and Development AuthorityInventors: Dan Sadot, Daniel Majer, Eyal Shekel
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Publication number: 20010016097Abstract: This invention discloses an optical device including at least one first substrate defining a multiplicity of optical fiber positioning grooves, a multiplicity of optical fibers fixed in each of said multiplicity of optical fiber positioning grooves on the at least one first substrate, whereby the multiplicity of optical fibers lie in an optical fiber plane and the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers lie substantially in a first predetermined arrangement in the optical fiber plane, a second substrate fixed onto the at least one first substrate such that an edge of the second substrate extends beyond the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers, a lens assembly including a third substrate, and a lens fixed onto the third substrate, the lens assembly being mounted onto the second substrate such that the lens lies in a second predetermined arrangement with respect to the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers, whereby the separation between the lens and the ends of each of theType: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2000Publication date: August 23, 2001Applicant: CHIARO NETWORKS LTDInventors: Eyal Shekel, Eli Rafaeli, Yedidya Ariel, Guy Matmon, Daniel Majer
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Publication number: 20010016101Abstract: This invention discloses an optical device including at least one first substrate defining a multiplicity of optical fiber positioning grooves, a multiplicity of optical fibers fixed in each of said multiplicity of optical fiber positioning grooves on the at least one first substrate, whereby the multiplicity of optical fibers lie in an optical fiber plane and the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers lie substantially in a first predetermined arrangement in the optical fiber plane, a second substrate fixed onto the at least one first substrate such that an edge of the second substrate extends beyond the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers, a lens assembly including a third substrate, and a lens fixed onto the third substrate, the lens assembly being mounted onto the second substrate such that the lens lies in a second predetermined arrangement with respect to the ends of each of the multiplicity of optical fibers, whereby the separation between the lens and the ends of each of theType: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2000Publication date: August 23, 2001Applicant: CHIARO NETWORKS LTDInventors: Eyal Shekel, Eli Rafaeli, Yedidya Ariel, Guy Matmon, Daniel Majer
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Patent number: 6222964Abstract: An optical filter including at least one multiport optical coupler formed on a gallium arsenide substrate, one connection port of the at least one multiport optical coupler receiving an input optical signal, and another connection port of the at least one multiport optical coupler outputting a filtered optical signal and at least one electrically tunable optical resonator, formed on the gallium arsenide substrate and connected to at least one of the at least multiport optical coupler.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 1999Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Assignees: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Research and Development Authority, Chiaro Networks Ltd.Inventors: Dan Sadot, Daniel Majer, Eyal Shekel