Patents by Inventor Thorsten Spott

Thorsten Spott 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).

  • Planar optical circuit
    Patent number: 7212697
    Abstract: The invention relates a planar optical circuit having at least one functional layer with structures for guidance, changing, regulation, control, production and/or detection of optical signals, a carrier substrate on which the at least one functional layer is formed, and at least two physically separate functional units which are formed in the at least one functional layer on the carrier substrate. According to the invention, the at least two functional units (2, 3) are thermally separated from one another by at least one trench structure (4) in the functional layer (11) and/or in the carrier substrate (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Finisar Corporation
    Inventors: Thorsten Spott, Andreas Schumacher
  • Planar optical circuit
    Publication number: 20030128908
    Abstract: A planar optical circuit has at least one functional layer with structures for guidance, changing, regulation, control, production and/or detection of optical signals, a carrier substrate on which the functional layer is formed, and at least two physically separate functional units that are formed in the functional layer on the carrier substrate. The two functional units are thermally separated from one another by at least one trench structure disposed in the functional layer and/or in the carrier substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Thorsten Spott, Andreas Schumacher