Patents by Inventor Ioannis Georgios Roudas

Ioannis Georgios Roudas 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: 10302841
    Abstract: A substrate with a textured surface is disclosed. The substrate may be, for example, a light emitter comprising a light guide, for example a backlight element for use in a display device, wherein a surface of the light guide, for example a glass substrate, is configured to have a textured surface with a predetermined RMS roughness and a predetermined correlation length of the texture. A plurality of light scatter suppressing features can be provided on the textured surface. Textured surfaces disclosed herein may be effective to reduce electrostatic charging of the substrate surface. Methods of producing the textured surface are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Daniel Aloysius Nolan, Vasudha Ravichandran, Ioannis Georgios Roudas, Christine Coulter Wolcott
  • Patent number: 9952375
    Abstract: A substrate with a textured surface is disclosed. The substrate may be, for example, a light emitter comprising a light guide, for example a backlight element for use in a display device, wherein a surface of the light guide, for example a glass substrate, is configured to have a textured surface with a predetermined RMS roughness and a predetermined correlation length of the texture. A plurality of light scatter suppressing features can be provided on the textured surface. Textured surfaces disclosed herein may be effective to reduce electrostatic charging of the substrate surface. Methods of producing the textured surface are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel Aloysius Nolan, Vasudha Ravichandran, Ioannis Georgios Roudas, Christine Coulter Wolcott
  • Publication number: 20180095330
    Abstract: A light diffusing component and a method of making is disclosed. The light diffusing component may include a substrate sheet and at least one scattering layer. The substrate sheet may have a back side and an edge. The edge may be configured to receive a light source. The at least one scattering layer may have a plurality of light scattering centers etched into at least a portion of the back side of the glass sheet. The scattering centers may have an increased density as the distance from the edge increases. The scattering centers may have a diameter of less than about 30 microns, a maximum depth of about 10 micron or less, and a roughness between about 0.5 nm to about 100 nm, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Etienne, Ioannis Georgios Roudas, Adama Tandia, Aramais Robert Zakharian
  • Publication number: 20180059309
    Abstract: A substrate with a textured surface is disclosed. The substrate may be, for example, a light emitter comprising a light guide, for example a backlight element for use in a display device, wherein a surface of the light guide, for example a glass substrate, is configured to have a textured surface with a predetermined RMS roughness and a predetermined correlation length of the texture. A plurality of light scatter suppressing features can be provided on the textured surface. Textured surfaces disclosed herein may be effective to reduce electrostatic charging of the substrate surface. Methods of producing the textured surface are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel Aloysius Nolan, Vasudha Ravichandran, Ioannis Georgios Roudas, Christine Coulter Wolcott
  • Patent number: 9841555
    Abstract: Optical transmission systems and methods are disclosed that utilize a QSM optical fiber with a large effective area and that supports only two modes, namely the fundamental mode and one higher-order mode. The optical transmission system includes a transmitter and a receiver optically coupled by an optical fiber link that includes at least one section of the QSM optical fiber. Transmission over optical fiber link gives rise to MPI, which is mitigated using a digital signal processor. The QSM optical fiber is designed to have an amount of DMA that allows for the digital signal processor to have reduced complexity as reflected by a reduced number of filter taps as compared to if the DMA were zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: John David Downie, Ming-Jun Li, Michal Mlejnek, Ioannis Georgios Roudas, William Allen Wood, Aramais Robert Zakharian
  • Publication number: 20160313494
    Abstract: A substrate with a textured surface is disclosed. The substrate may be, for example, a light emitter comprising a light guide, for example a backlight element for use in a display device, wherein a surface of the light guide, for example a glass substrate, is configured to have a textured surface with a predetermined RMS roughness and a predetermined correlation length of the texture. A plurality of light scatter supressing features can be provided on the textured surface. Textured surfaces disclosed herein may be effective to reduce electrostatic charging of the substrate surface. Methods of producing the textured surface are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: James Patrick Hamilton, Karl William Koch, Aize Li, Jonathan Michael Mis, Daniel Aloysius Nolan, Vasudha Ravichandran, Ioannis Georgios Roudas, Nicholas James Smith, Christine Coulter Wolcott, Ruchirej Yongsunthon