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US08744219B2 Optical modulator module and method for modulating optical signal 有权
光调制器模块及光信号调制方法

  • 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
  • Application No.: US13436145
    Application Date: 2012-03-30
  • Publication No.: US08744219B2
    Publication 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
Optical modulator module and method for modulating optical signal
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.
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