Patents by Inventor Siu Kwan Cheung
Siu Kwan Cheung 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: 20230115690Abstract: An optical assembly includes an integrated circuit (IC) driver chip; an optical subassembly disposed on the IC driver chip that includes: a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) device, an optical element disposed above a top surface of the VCSEL device, and two or more attachment structures disposed between the VCSEL device and the optical element; and two or more additional attachment structures disposed between the IC driver chip and the optical subassembly. The VCSEL device includes: a cathode contact disposed on the top surface of the VCSEL device, and an anode contact disposed on the top surface of the VCSEL device. The optical element includes two or more conductive traces on a bottom surface of the optical element. The two or more attachment structures are disposed between the two or more conductive traces of the optical element, and the cathode contact and the anode contact of the VCSEL device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Wei SHI, Kevin WANG, Hao HUANG, John Michael MILLER, Siu Kwan CHEUNG, Lijun ZHU
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Publication number: 20230047740Abstract: In some implementations, a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) package may include a substrate. The VCSEL package may include a VCSEL disposed on a surface of the substrate. The VCSEL package may include a VCSEL driver disposed on the surface of the substrate. The VCSEL package may include an embedded capacitor electrically connected to the VCSEL and the VCSEL driver. The embedded capacitor may be formed from a subset of layers of the substrate. The capacitor may be associated with a first capacitance that is different from a second capacitance of at least one other capacitor associated with the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Siu Kwan CHEUNG, Wei SHI, Hao HUANG, Lijun ZHU, Huanlin ZHU
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Publication number: 20230027279Abstract: In some implementations, an optical assembly includes a substrate that includes a thermally conductive core, an IC driver chip that is disposed on a first surface of the substrate, and a VCSEL device that includes an electrically insulated surface that is disposed on the thermally conductive core of the substrate within a cavity formed in the second surface of the substrate. The VCSEL device includes a cathode contact disposed on a surface of the VCSEL device and an anode contact disposed on the surface of the VCSEL device. The VCSEL device includes a plurality of emitters and a microlens component that is disposed over the plurality of emitters on the surface of the VCSEL device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Wei SHI, Kevin WANG, Hao HUANG, John Michael MILLER, Siu Kwan CHEUNG, Lijun ZHU
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Publication number: 20220407289Abstract: An optical assembly includes a substrate; an optical subassembly that is disposed on a region of a surface of the substrate; a housing that is disposed on another region of the surface of the substrate; a first optical element that is disposed on a first support component of the housing; and a second optical element that is disposed on a second support component of the housing. The optical subassembly includes an integrated circuit (IC) driver chip; a redistribution layer (RDL) structure that is disposed on a surface of the IC driver chip, wherein the RDL structure includes a cavity; and a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) device disposed on a region of the surface of the RDL structure that is within the cavity of the RDL structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2021Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Wei SHI, Hao HUANG, Lijun ZHU, Siu Kwan CHEUNG, Kevin WANG, John Michael MILLER
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Publication number: 20220385039Abstract: A circuit (e.g., for use in a time-of-flight camera projector module) may include a top metal layer having an anode and a cathode, one or more capacitors connected to the anode, a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser connected to the anode and the cathode, and a driver connected to the cathode. The circuit may further include a bottom metal layer connected to ground and arranged below the top metal layer, and a dielectric layer separating the top metal layer and the bottom metal layer. In some implementations, the dielectric layer has a thickness under sixty micrometers and a thermal resistance under fifteen degrees Celsius per watt. Accordingly, a current loop flowing vertically across the dielectric layer has a low self-inductance based on the thickness of the dielectric layer and the bottom metal layer is arranged to dissipate heat generated by the current loop flowing vertically across the dielectric layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2021Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Wei SHI, Hao HUANG, Siu Kwan CHEUNG, Huanlin ZHU, Lijun ZHU
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Publication number: 20220385033Abstract: A substrate may include a thermally conductive metal core having a top side and a bottom side, a first dielectric coating on the top side of the metal core, a second dielectric coating on the bottom side of the metal core, a first metal circuit layer formed above the first dielectric coating, and a second metal circuit layer formed under the second dielectric coating. In some implementations, the first dielectric coating and the second dielectric coating have thicknesses below sixty micrometers and respective thermal resistances under fifteen degrees Celsius per watt. In some implementations, one or more electrical currents flowing vertically across a dielectric coating have a low parasitic inductance based on the thickness of the dielectric coating, and the metal core may dissipate heat flowing across the dielectric coating and into the metal core.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2021Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Wei SHI, Hao HUANG, Siu Kwan CHEUNG, Huanlin ZHU, Lijun ZHU
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Publication number: 20220299610Abstract: In some implementations, a driver circuit may include a source to provide an electrical input, and an array of optical emitters arranged in one or more rows and one or more columns. The array may include an optical emitter associated with a row and a column. The driver circuit may include a first switch having an open state and a closed state, and an inductive element connected to the row. The first switch in the closed state may cause current to charge the inductive element. The driver circuit may include a second switch having an open state and a closed state. The second switch in the closed state may select the column. The first switch transitioning from the closed state to the open state may cause the inductive element to discharge current through the row, and through the column when the second switch is in the closed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Mikhail DOLGANOV, Lijun ZHU, Hao HUANG, Siu Kwan CHEUNG
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Publication number: 20220209500Abstract: An optical chip may include a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) structure. The optical chip may include a capacitor over at least a portion of an active layer of the VCSEL structure that is outside of an active region of the VCSEL structure. The capacitor may include a first metal layer over the portion of the active layer, a dielectric layer on the first metal layer, and a second metal layer on the dielectric layer. The optical chip may include an isolation region between a substrate of the VCSEL and a portion of the capacitor outside of the VCSEL.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Siu Kwan CHEUNG, Matthew Glenn PETERS, Mohammad Ali SHIRAZI HOSSEINI DOKHT, Hao HUANG, Lijun ZHU
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Publication number: 20220166187Abstract: An optical device may include a substrate including a conductive core, a first layer stack on a first surface of the conductive core, a conductor-filled trench extending through the first layer stack to the conductive core such that the conductor-filled trench is on the first surface of the conductive core, and a second layer stack on a second surface of the conductive core. The optical device may include a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) chip above the conductor-filled trench. The VCSEL chip may include an array of VCSELs. A size of the conductor-filled trench may match a size of the VCSEL chip, match a size of an emission region of the array of VCSELs, or be greater than the size of the emission region of the array of VCSELs and less than the size of the VCSEL chip.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Wei SHI, Siu Kwan CHEUNG, Lijun ZHU, Raman SRINIVASAN, Huanlin ZHU
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Patent number: 11181572Abstract: A wafer testing system may comprise a chuck, a wafer carrier, a cathode plate, and a probe card. The chuck may be configured to hold the wafer carrier. The wafer carrier may be configured to hold a wafer on a surface of the wafer carrier, wherein the surface of the wafer carrier comprises one or more contact features protruding from the surface of the wafer carrier. The cathode plate may be configured to provide an electrical connection between the wafer carrier and the probe card, wherein a portion of a surface of the cathode plate is configured to be disposed on the one or more contact features of the wafer carrier. The probe card may be configured to test, using one or more probes associated with the probe card, the wafer when the wafer is on the surface of the wafer carrier.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLCInventors: Yuanzhen Zhuang, Lucas Morales, Raman Srinivasan, Sean Burns, Siu Kwan Cheung, Tian Shi, Tao Li
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Publication number: 20210325451Abstract: A wafer testing system may comprise a chuck, a wafer carrier, a cathode plate, and a probe card. The chuck may be configured to hold the wafer carrier. The wafer carrier may be configured to hold a wafer on a surface of the wafer carrier, wherein the surface of the wafer carrier comprises one or more contact features protruding from the surface of the wafer carrier. The cathode plate may be configured to provide an electrical connection between the wafer carrier and the probe card, wherein a portion of a surface of the cathode plate is configured to be disposed on the one or more contact features of the wafer carrier. The probe card may be configured to test, using one or more probes associated with the probe card, the wafer when the wafer is on the surface of the wafer carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2020Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Yuanzhen ZHUANG, Lucas MORALES, Raman SRINIVASAN, Sean BURNS, Siu Kwan CHEUNG, Tian SHI, Tao LI
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Patent number: 10502987Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) interconnect for an optical modulator may comprise a circuit board to route a set of RF signals from a corresponding set of RF feeds to a substrate interface on a surface of a substrate of the optical modulator. The circuit board may be positioned along the surface of the substrate of the optical modulator. The circuit board may include a set of traces. A trace, of the set of traces, may be connected to a corresponding RF feed, of the set of RF feeds, at a height different than a height of the surface of the substrate of the optical modulator. The trace may be connected to the substrate interface.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLCInventors: Siu Kwan Cheung, Glen Drake, Karl Kissa
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Patent number: 10295849Abstract: An optical modulator may include at least one ground electrode. The optical modulator may include at least one signal electrode parallel to the at least one ground electrode. The optical modulator may include at least one waveguide parallel to the at least one ground electrode and the at least one signal electrode. The optical modulator may include a first substrate disposed underneath the at least one ground electrode and the at least one signal electrode relative to a surface of the optical modulator. The optical modulator may include a second substrate disposed underneath at least a portion of the first substrate relative to the surface of the optical modulator. The optical modulator may include a floating conductor disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLCInventors: Karl Kissa, Siu Kwan Cheung, David M. Shemo, David Glassner, Ed L. Wooten
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Publication number: 20180173026Abstract: An optical modulator may include at least one ground electrode. The optical modulator may include at least one signal electrode parallel to the at least one ground electrode. The optical modulator may include at least one waveguide parallel to the at least one ground electrode and the at least one signal electrode. The optical modulator may include a first substrate disposed underneath the at least one ground electrode and the at least one signal electrode relative to a surface of the optical modulator. The optical modulator may include a second substrate disposed underneath at least a portion of the first substrate relative to the surface of the optical modulator. The optical modulator may include a floating conductor disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Karl KISSA, Siu Kwan CHEUNG, David M. SHEMO, David GLASSNER, Ed L. WOOTEN
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Publication number: 20160299361Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) interconnect for an optical modulator may comprise a circuit board to route a set of RF signals from a corresponding set of RF feeds to a substrate interface on a surface of a substrate of the optical modulator. The circuit board may be positioned along the surface of the substrate of the optical modulator. The circuit board may include a set of traces. A trace, of the set of traces, may be connected to a corresponding RF feed, of the set of RF feeds, at a height different than a height of the surface of the substrate of the optical modulator. The trace may be connected to the substrate interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2016Publication date: October 13, 2016Inventors: Siu Kwan CHEUNG, Glen Drake, Karl Kissa
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Patent number: 7088489Abstract: A reduced size RF signal and ground electrode interface is configured to provide better field confinement of dominant coplanar waveguide mode in the propagation direction and reduce coupling RF energy into a substrate beneath the launch, while matching the impedance of the launch to both that of the coplanar microwave electrode structure overlying the interaction region, and that of the external RF connection to the launch. In ground plane embodiments, an underlying ground plane provides better modal confinement of the dominant coplanar waveguide mode and precludes coupling of RF power to the substrate under the launch. In other embodiments, finite width electrodes provide better modal transition and mitigate against coupling to substrate modes, while providing a pad geometry that facilitates connections to external transmission line components.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2002Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: JDS Uniphase CorporationInventors: Grant T. Kiehne, Siu Kwan Cheung, Gregory J. McBrien
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Patent number: 6845183Abstract: A co-planar waveguide interferometric electro-optic modulator is disclosed. A Z-cut lithium niobate electro-optic substrate includes a first and second waveguide that are formed in the lithium niobate electro-optic substrate. An elongate RF electrode at least partially covers one of the waveguides. A slotted electrode is disclosed formed by two elongate substantially-parallel electrodes one of which is at least partially covers the other of the waveguides. At least one electrode is substantially greater, preferably at least twice the width of the elongate RF electrode.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2003Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: JDS Uniphase CorporationInventors: Siu Kwan Cheung, Srinath Chakravarthy, Karl Kissa
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Publication number: 20040151414Abstract: A co-planar waveguide interferometric electro-optic modulator is disclosed. A Z-cut lithium niobate electro-optic substrate includes a first and second waveguide that are formed in the lithium niobate electro-optic substrate. An elongate RF electrode at least partially covers one of the waveguides. A slotted electrode is disclosed formed by two elongate substantially-parallel electrodes one of which is at least partially covers the other of the waveguides. At least one electrode is substantially greater, preferably at least twice the width of the elongate RF electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2003Publication date: August 5, 2004Applicant: JDS Uniphase CorporationInventors: Siu Kwan Cheung, Srinath Chakravarthy, Karl Kissa
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Publication number: 20040066549Abstract: A reduced size RF signal and ground electrode interface is configured to provide better field confinement of dominant coplanar waveguide mode in the propagation direction and reduce coupling RF energy into a substrate beneath the launch, while matching the impedance of the launch to both that of the coplanar microwave electrode structure overlying the interaction region, and that of the external RF connection to the launch. In ground plane embodiments, an underlying ground plane provides better modal confinement of the dominant coplanar waveguide mode and precludes coupling of RF power to the substrate under the launch. In other embodiments, finite width electrodes provide better modal transition and mitigate against coupling to substrate modes, while providing a pad geometry that facilitates connections to external transmission line components.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2002Publication date: April 8, 2004Applicant: JDS Uniphase CorporationInventors: Grant T. Kiehne, Siu Kwan Cheung, Gregory J. McBrien