Patents by Inventor Ram Panicker

Ram Panicker 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).

  • High frequency optical module and method of making same
    Patent number: 6623180
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a module including a primary substrate defining a base of the module, wherein the primary substrate is provided with a plurality of vias for electrical connection to a photodetector located within an interior portion of the module; a side wall member joined to the primary substrate to form side walls of the module and to define the interior portion of the module; a secondary substrate positioned within the interior portion of the module, the photodetector being mounted on the secondary substrate; an optical fiber guide extending into the interior portion of the module from outside the module, the optical fiber being arranged to receive an optical fiber and to position the optical fiber so that light emerging from the optical fiber impinges upon the photodetector; and a lid joined to the side wall member to enclose the interior portion of the module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: GTRAN, Inc.
    Inventors: Ram Panicker, Ivair Gontijo, Yet-Zen Liu, Kirit Dharia, Robert Franks, Gary Lee Gutierrez
  • High frequency optical module and method of making same
    Publication number: 20030077053
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a module including a primary substrate defining a base of the module, wherein the primary substrate is provided with a plurality of vias for electrical connection to a photodetector located within an interior portion of the module; a side wall member joined to the primary substrate to form side walls of the module and to define the interior portion of the module; a secondary substrate positioned within the interior portion of the module, the photodetector being mounted on the secondary substrate; an optical fiber guide extending into the interior portion of the module from outside the module, the optical fiber being arranged to receive an optical fiber and to position the optical fiber so that light emerging from the optical fiber impinges upon the photodetector; and a lid joined to the side wall member to enclose the interior portion of the module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Ram Panicker, Ivair Gontijo, Yet-Zen Liu, Kirit Dharia, Robert Franks, Gary Lee Gutierrez