SWITCHABLE DEVICE
    102.
    发明申请
    SWITCHABLE DEVICE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20180004062A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-04

    申请号:US15540434

    申请日:2015-12-22

    Abstract: A switchable device for changing the opacity of at least a portion of a glazing is described. The switchable device comprises at least two (a first and a second) switchable regions in electrical communication with at least two (a first and a second) electrical connector regions. Each switchable region comprises an electrically actuated variable opacity layer between a first electrode and a second electrode, the first switchable region being arranged relative to the second switchable region such that upon connecting the first and second electrical connector regions to a suitable power supply, the opacity of the first and second switchable region changes such that at least two (a first and a second) portions of the switchable device have a change of opacity, the first portion of the switchable device having a different opacity to the second portion of the switchable device.

    A HEATER FOR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND A METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A HEATER FOR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE

    公开(公告)号:US20170336657A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-23

    申请号:US15527521

    申请日:2015-11-11

    CPC classification number: G02F1/0147 G02F2201/12

    Abstract: In order to provide a technology in which a heater resistance can be reduced without increasing the thickness or width of a heater, a heater for optical waveguide comprises a heater formed near an optical waveguide, a first electrode formed in such a way as to electrically connect to the heater to which a first electric potential is applied, and a second electrode formed in such a way as to electrically connect to the heater to which a second electric potential different from the first electric potential is applied, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are alternately to disposed in such a way that the heater is sectioned into two or more areas.

    OPTICAL MODULATOR
    106.
    发明申请
    OPTICAL MODULATOR 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20170269454A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-21

    申请号:US15492262

    申请日:2017-04-20

    Applicant: Chen-Kuo Sun

    Abstract: An optical modulator for switching an optical signal of wavelength λ from one waveguide-electrode to another requires that both waveguide-electrodes be made of an electrically conducting material. Also, a non-conducting cross-coupling material fills a slot along a length L between the waveguide-electrodes. Importantly, cross-coupling material in the slot provides a separation distance xc between the waveguide-electrodes that is less than 0.35 microns. When a switching voltage Vπ is selectively applied to the waveguide-electrodes, a strong uniform electric field E is created within the cross-coupling material. Thus, E modulates the cross-coupling length of the optical signal by an increment ±Δ each time it passes back and forth through the cross-coupling material along the length L. Thus, after an N number of cross-coupling length cycles along the length L, when NΔ equals one cross-coupling length, the optical signal is switched from one waveguide-electrode to the other.

    Optical modulator module that includes a plurality of optical modulators

    公开(公告)号:US09740077B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-22

    申请号:US15229800

    申请日:2016-08-05

    Abstract: An optical modulator module includes: a substrate in which a plurality of optical modulators are formed; a connector configured to include a plurality of terminals to which a plurality of signals for driving the plurality of optical modulators are input; and a relay board provided between the substrate and the connector. Each of the optical modulators includes an optical waveguide, a modulation electrode formed near the optical waveguide, and a feeder electrode electrically connected to one end of the modulation electrode. The terminals are arranged in parallel to a longitudinal direction of the substrate. Positions of respective ends of the modulation electrodes at which the respective feeder electrodes are electrically connected are the same as positions at which the respective terminals are provided in the longitudinal direction. Wiring patterns are formed on the relay board so as to electrically connect the terminals to the respective feeder electrodes.

    OPTICAL-WAVEGUIDE-ELEMENT MODULE
    110.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170219851A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-03

    申请号:US15126747

    申请日:2015-01-07

    Abstract: Provided is an optical-waveguide-element module in which a common connecting substrate is used for different optical waveguide elements and deterioration of the propagation characteristics of electrical signals in a curved section of a signal electrode is suppressed. A control electrode in an optical waveguide element is consisted of a signal electrode SL and ground electrodes GD which put the signal electrode therebetween, a connecting substrate is provided with a signal line SL1 (SL2) and ground lines GD1 (GD2) which put the signal line therebetween, the signal electrode and the signal line, and, the ground electrodes and the ground lines are respectively connected to each other using wires (WR1, WR2, and WR20 to WR22) , the control electrode in which a space W1 between the ground electrodes GD at an input end or an output end of the control electrode is wider than a space W2 between the ground lines GD1 (GD2) on the optical waveguide element side in the connecting substrate, has a portion in which the space between the ground electrodes GD forms a space W3 which is narrower than the space W2 in a portion away from the input end or the output end, furthermore, the signal electrode SL in the control electrode has a curved section in a place from the input end or the output end to an operating part in which the control electrode applies an electric field to the optical waveguide, and suppression means (WR20 to WR32) for suppressing generation of a local potential difference between the ground electrodes which put the signal electrode therebetween in the curved section of the signal electrode is provided.

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