Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High frequency modulation circuits based on photoconductive wide bandgap switches
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Application No.: US14218860Application Date: 2014-03-18
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Publication No.: US09893679B2Publication Date: 2018-02-13
- Inventor: Stephen Sampayan
- Applicant: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Livermore
- Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
- Current Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Livermore
- Agency: Perkins Coie LLP
- Main IPC: H03C7/02
- IPC: H03C7/02

Abstract:
Methods, systems, and devices for high voltage and/or high frequency modulation. In one aspect, an optoelectronic modulation system includes an array of two or more photoconductive switch units each including a wide bandgap photoconductive material coupled between a first electrode and a second electrode, a light source optically coupled to the WBGP material of each photoconductive switch unit via a light path, in which the light path splits into multiple light paths to optically interface with each WBGP material, such that a time delay of emitted light exists along each subsequent split light path, and in which the WBGP material conducts an electrical signal when a light signal is transmitted to the WBGP material, and an output to transmit the electrical signal conducted by each photoconductive switch unit. The time delay of the photons emitted through the light path is substantially equivalent to the time delay of the electrical signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140263976A1 HIGH FREQUENCY MODULATION CIRCUITS BASED ON PHTOCONDUCTIVE WIDE BANDGAP SWITCHES Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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