Patents by Inventor Shotaro Hirata

Shotaro Hirata 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: 11977284
    Abstract: There is provided an optical waveguide device including: a substrate; an optical waveguide formed on the substrate; and a working electrode that controls a light wave propagating through the optical waveguide, in which the working electrode includes a first base layer made of a first material, a first conductive layer on the first base layer, a second base layer made of a second material different from the first material, which is on the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer on the second base layer, and an edge of the second base layer is covered with the second conductive layer, in a cross-section perpendicular to an extending direction of the optical waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Motoya, Shotaro Hirata, Kosuke Okahashi, Yu Kataoka, Shingo Takano
  • Publication number: 20230314732
    Abstract: An optical waveguide element that suppresses insertion loss related to coupling to an optical fiber or the like while miniaturizing the optical waveguide element is provided. There is provided an optical waveguide element including: a rib optical waveguide (10) that is made of a material (1) having an electro-optic effect; and the reinforcing substrate (2) that supports the optical waveguide, in which one end of the optical waveguide forms a tapered portion (11) of which a width narrows toward an end surface of the reinforcing substrate, a structure (3) made of a material having a higher refractive index than a material constituting the reinforcing substrate is provided so as to cover the tapered portion, and a coating layer (4) made of a material having a lower refractive index than the material constituting the structure is disposed so as to cover the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shotaro HIRATA, Shingo TAKANO, Yu KATAOKA
  • Publication number: 20220381977
    Abstract: There is provided an optical waveguide device including: a substrate; an optical waveguide formed on the substrate; and a working electrode that controls a light wave propagating through the optical waveguide, in which the working electrode includes a first base layer made of a first material, a first conductive layer on the first base layer, a second base layer made of a second material different from the first material, which is on the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer on the second base layer, and an edge of the second base layer is covered with the second conductive layer, in a cross-section perpendicular to an extending direction of the optical waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Masayuki Motoya, Shotaro Hirata, Kosuke Okahashi, Yu Kataoka, Shingo Takano
  • Publication number: 20220382119
    Abstract: There is provided an optical waveguide device including a substrate, an optical waveguide formed on the substrate, and a working electrode that controls a light wave propagating through the optical waveguide, in which the working electrode includes a first base layer made of a first material, and a first conductive layer on the first base layer, and a conductor pattern including a second base layer made of a second material different from the first material and a second conductive layer on the second base layer is formed in a region other than a path from an input end to an output end of the optical waveguide, in a region on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Shotaro Hirata, Masayuki Motoya, Kosuke Okahashi, Yu Kataoka, Shingo Takano