Patents by Inventor Michael Fanto

Michael Fanto 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 FIBER ATTACHMENT TO A PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT USING OPTICAL FIBER-DIRECTED CURING
    Publication number: 20220334312
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system applicable to attaching a single or multiple optical fibers in sequence to a photonic integrated circuit enabling precise control of optical fibers and/or multiple types of optical fibers and/or at any pitch. The system and method provide optical alignment and in situ attachment of one or more optical fibers to a photonic integrated circuit chip using a photo-curable adhesive, wherein curing light is delivered to the adhesive by the optical fiber being attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicants: Rochester Institute of Technology, Air Force Research Laboratory
    Inventors: Stefan Preble, Gregory Bond, John Serafini, Matthew van Niekerk, Thomas Palone, Michael Fanto, Mario J. Ciminelli
  • Method and system to passively align and attach fiber array to laser array or optical waveguide array
    Patent number: 10598861
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for passively aligning optical fibers (4), a first waveguide array (62), and a second waveguide array (42) using chip-to-chip vertical evanescent optical waveguides (44) and (64), that can be used with fully automated die bonding equipment. The assembled system (2, 30, 60) can achieve high optical coupling and high process throughput for needs of high volume manufacturing of photonics, silicon photonics, and other applications that would benefit from aligning optical fibers to lasers efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignees: Indiana Integrated Circuits, LLC, MRSI Systems, LLC, Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jason M. Kulick, Yi Qian, Stefan Preble, Jeffrey Steidle, Michael Fanto, Tian Lu
  • Method and System to Passively Align and Attach Fiber Array to Laser Array or Optical Waveguide Array
    Publication number: 20200003955
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for passively aligning optical fibers (4), a first waveguide array (62), and a second waveguide array (42) using chip-to-chip vertical evanescent optical waveguides (44) and (64), that can be used with fully automated die bonding equipment. The assembled system (2, 30, 60) can achieve high optical coupling and high process throughput for needs of high volume manufacturing of photonics, silicon photonics, and other applications that would benefit from aligning optical fibers to lasers efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Jason M. Kulick, Yi Qian, Stefan Preble, Jeffrey Steidle, Michael Fanto, Tian Lu
  • Method and system to passively align and attach fiber array to laser array or optical waveguide array
    Patent number: 10409004
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for passively aligning optical fibers (4), a first waveguide array (62), and a second waveguide array (42) using chip-to-chip vertical evanescent optical waveguides (44) and (64), that can be used with fully automated die bonding equipment. The assembled system (2, 30, 60) can achieve high optical coupling and high process throughput for needs of high volume manufacturing of photonics, silicon photonics, and other applications that would benefit from aligning optical fibers to lasers efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: Indiana Integrated Circuits, LLC, MRSI Systems, LLC, Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jason M. Kulick, Yi Qian, Stefan Preble, Jeffrey Steidle, Michael Fanto, Tian Lu
  • Method and System to Passively Align and Attach Fiber Array to Laser Array or Optical Waveguide Array
    Publication number: 20190250335
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for passively aligning optical fibers (4), a first waveguide array (62), and a second waveguide array (42) using chip-to-chip vertical evanescent optical waveguides (44) and (64), that can be used with fully automated die bonding equipment. The assembled system (2, 30, 60) can achieve high optical coupling and high process throughput for needs of high volume manufacturing of photonics, silicon photonics, and other applications that would benefit from aligning optical fibers to lasers efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicants: Indiana Integrated Circuits, LLC, Rochester Institute of Technology, MRSI Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Jason M. KULICK, Yi QIAN, Stefan PREBLE, Jeffrey STEIDLE, Michael FANTO, Tian LU