Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical modulator module and method for modulating optical signal
- Patent Title (中): 光调制器模块及光信号调制方法
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Application No.: US13436145Application Date: 2012-03-30
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Publication No.: US08744219B2Publication Date: 2014-06-03
- Inventor: Tomoaki Kato
- Applicant: Tomoaki Kato
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: NEC Corporation
- Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2009-235014 20091009
- Main IPC: G02F1/035
- IPC: G02F1/035

Abstract:
The present invention provides a compact, broad-band, and low-drive-voltage optical modulator module capable of generating any multilevel optical modulation. The optical modulator module according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes a digital segmented electrode structure optical modulator and m individual driving circuits. The digital segmented electrode structure optical modulator includes semiconductor optical waveguides and at least m waveguide-type optical phase modulator regions. An i-th individual driving circuit includes a driving circuit and a phase shift circuit. The driving circuit amplifies a digital input signal in synchronization with a clock signal and outputs the signal to an i-th waveguide-type optical phase modulator region. The phase shift circuit applies a delay to a signal branched from the clock signal. A j-th individual driving circuit receives an output signal from the phase shift circuit of a (j−1)-th individual driving circuit as a clock signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120251032A1 OPTICAL MODULATOR MODULE AND METHOD FOR MODULATING OPTICAL SIGNAL Public/Granted day:2012-10-04
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