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公开(公告)号:US20210036779A1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-04
申请号:US16931312
申请日:2020-07-16
Applicant: GenXComm, Inc.
Inventor: Thien-An Nguyen , Monireh Moayedi Pour Fard , Farzad Mokhtari Koushyar , McKay Bradford , Ke Liu
IPC: H04B10/2575 , H04B10/2507 , H04B10/69
Abstract: An optical filter comprises an array of waveguides fabricated on an optical integrated circuit (PIC). The array comprises individual waveguides, each of which receive light inputs, e.g., individual taps of a multi-tap optical filter used in an interference cancellation circuit. Typically, the output(s) of the individual waveguides are located at an exit (edge) of the PIC. At least one second waveguide in the array is patterned on the PIC in a converged configuration such that the light transiting these waveguides co-propagates and interacts across given portions of the respective waveguides before exiting the waveguide array along a common facet, thereby generating or inhibiting one of intermodulation products, and harmonics. This structural configuration enables the generation of various modes of transmission at the PIC exit, enabling more efficient transfer of the energy, e.g., to an associated photodetector (PD) that provides conversion of the energy to the RF domain.
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公开(公告)号:US11309965B2
公开(公告)日:2022-04-19
申请号:US16931312
申请日:2020-07-16
Applicant: GenXComm, Inc.
Inventor: Thien-An Nguyen , Monireh Moayedi Pour Fard , Farzad Mokhtari Koushyar , McKay Bradford , Ke Liu
IPC: H04B10/2575 , H04B10/2507 , H04B10/69
Abstract: An optical filter comprises an array of waveguides fabricated on an optical integrated circuit (PIC). The array comprises individual waveguides, each of which receive light inputs, e.g., individual taps of a multi-tap optical filter used in an interference cancellation circuit. Typically, the output(s) of the individual waveguides are located at an exit (edge) of the PIC. At least one second waveguide in the array is patterned on the PIC in a converged configuration such that the light transiting these waveguides co-propagates and interacts across given portions of the respective waveguides before exiting the waveguide array along a common facet, thereby generating or inhibiting one of intermodulation products, and harmonics. This structural configuration enables the generation of various modes of transmission at the PIC exit, enabling more efficient transfer of the energy, e.g., to an associated photodetector (PD) that provides conversion of the energy to the RF domain.
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公开(公告)号:US11215755B2
公开(公告)日:2022-01-04
申请号:US16576169
申请日:2019-09-19
Applicant: GenXComm, Inc.
Inventor: Ke Liu , Thien-An Nguyen
Abstract: A mode converter formed by parallel tapered waveguides on a SiN platform. The waveguides form a trident structure comprising a main waveguide with an inverse taper structure, and a pair of waveguides on each side of the main waveguide. Each adjacent waveguide has a taper structure but one that is opposed to that of the main waveguide, namely, a width that gradually increases along the direction of light propagation to a larger value at an end tip thereof. The end tips of the waveguides terminate along a common input/output facet of the converter. The adjacent waveguides help to shape the mode of the light propagating through the main waveguide, in so doing enabling the converter to exhibit high coupling efficiency and polarization independence in the full optical communication bands (i.e., from O to L-band) by successfully tuning the mode shape at a chip facet. The trident mode converter enables efficient optical fiber-to-chip coupling.
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公开(公告)号:US20240128992A1
公开(公告)日:2024-04-18
申请号:US18488709
申请日:2023-10-17
Applicant: GenXComm, Inc.
Inventor: Farzad Mokhtari-Koushyar , Thien-An Nguyen , Che-Chun Lin
CPC classification number: H04B1/12 , H04B10/503 , H04B10/60 , H04B2210/006
Abstract: A programmable filter for electronic signals. The filter includes an input that splits power of the input signal along two paths, a first and second path that is phase shifted by ninety degrees in respect of the first path. The first and second path are each modulated to the optical domain, and provided as input to respective filter chains. The in-phase signal can be filtered by IIR or FIR optical filters with configurable operation, as well the shifted signal can be filtered by a second chain of IIR and FIR optical filters with configurable operation. Resulting output from each filter chain is recombined and demodulated from the optical domain. In this manner, the electronic filter can adopt any suitable impulse response, including impulse responses described with complex coefficients. Real parts can be configured by operation of the first filter chain and imaginary parts by operation of the second filter chain.
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公开(公告)号:US20240063913A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-22
申请号:US18234304
申请日:2023-08-15
Applicant: GenXComm, Inc.
Inventor: Farzad Mokhtari-Koushyar , Thien-An Nguyen
IPC: H04B10/50 , H04B10/508
CPC classification number: H04B10/503 , H04B10/508
Abstract: A signal generator provides a periodic optical signal as output. The signal generator can be optically coupled to a splitter or other distribution network that transits the optical signal along multiple paths to terminate at different locations and/or for use by multiple electronic circuits. Each path can include a reflector element that reflects a portion of the signal back along the optical signal path. Reflections can be separated by operation of a circulator and photodiode. Output of the photodiode can be used to adjust phase and/or amplitude of optical signals traversing each optical signal path such that each electronic circuit receives an in-phase reference signal as input.
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公开(公告)号:US10727945B1
公开(公告)日:2020-07-28
申请号:US16511715
申请日:2019-07-15
Applicant: GenXComm, Inc.
Inventor: Thien-An Nguyen , Monireh Moayedi Pour Fard , Farzad Mokhtari Koushyar , McKay Bradford , Ke Liu
IPC: H04B10/2507 , H04B10/2575 , H04B10/69
Abstract: An optical filter comprises an array of waveguides fabricated on an optical integrated circuit (PIC). The array comprises individual waveguides, each of which receive light inputs, e.g., individual taps of a multi-tap optical filter used in an interference cancellation circuit. Each individual waveguide comprises an inlet, and an outlet. Typically, the output(s) of the individual waveguides are located at an exit (edge) of the PIC. In one embodiment, at least one second waveguide in the array is patterned on the PIC in a converged configuration such that, relative to a first waveguide, the light transiting these waveguides co-propagates and interacts across given portions of the respective waveguides before exiting the waveguide array along a common facet, thereby generating or inhibiting one of: intermodulation products, and harmonics. This structural configuration enables the generation of various modes of transmission at the PIC exit, enabling more efficient transfer of the energy, e.g., to an associated photodetector (PD) that provides conversion of the energy to the RF domain.
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公开(公告)号:US20240004133A1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-04
申请号:US18469710
申请日:2023-09-19
Applicant: GenXComm, Inc.
Inventor: Brian Mattis , Taran Huffman , Bryan Woo , Thien-An Nguyen
IPC: G02B6/136
CPC classification number: G02B6/136 , G02B2006/12061
Abstract: A method of co-manufacturing silicon waveguides, SiN waveguides, and semiconductor structures in a photonic integrated circuit. A silicon waveguide structure can be formed using a suitable process, after which it is buried in a cladding. The cladding is polished, and a silicon nitride layer is disposed to define a silicon nitride waveguide. The silicon nitride waveguide is buried in a cladding, and annealed. Thereafter, cladding above the silicon waveguide structure can be trenched through, and low-temperature operations can be performed to or with an exposed surface of the silicon waveguide structure.
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公开(公告)号:US11838056B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-05
申请号:US17737178
申请日:2022-05-05
Applicant: GENXCOMM, INC.
Inventor: Farzad Mokhtari-Koushyar , Thien-An Nguyen , Taran Huffman , Brian Mattis
IPC: H04B10/508 , G02B6/12 , H04B10/50 , G02B6/293
CPC classification number: H04B10/508 , G02B6/12004 , G02B6/12007 , H04B10/503 , G02B6/29352 , G02B2006/12061
Abstract: A signal generator includes a photonic circuit configured to output a sequence of solitons at a known rate. The solitons illuminate a high-speed photodiode that, in response, generates an electrical signal, such as a sinusoidal signal, which can be provided as input to a direct digital synthesizer configured to output successive phases of a selected waveform in response to electrical stimulus.
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公开(公告)号:US11796737B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-24
申请号:US17177798
申请日:2021-02-17
Applicant: GenXComm, Inc.
Inventor: Brian Mattis , Taran Huffman , Bryan Woo , Thien-An Nguyen
CPC classification number: G02B6/136 , G02B2006/12061 , G02B2006/12097 , G02B2006/12169 , G02B2006/12188 , G02B2006/12197
Abstract: A method of co-manufacturing silicon waveguides, SiN waveguides, and semiconductor structures in a photonic integrated circuit. A silicon waveguide structure can be formed using a suitable process, after which it is buried in a cladding. The cladding is polished, and a silicon nitride layer is disposed to define a silicon nitride waveguide. The silicon nitride waveguide is buried in a cladding, and annealed. Thereafter, cladding above the silicon waveguide structure can be trenched through, and low-temperature operations can be performed to or with an exposed surface of the silicon waveguide structure.
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公开(公告)号:US20210088724A1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-25
申请号:US16576169
申请日:2019-09-19
Applicant: GenXComm, Inc.
Inventor: Ke Liu , Thien-An Nguyen
Abstract: A mode converter formed by parallel tapered waveguides on a SiN platform. The waveguides form a trident structure comprising a main waveguide with an inverse taper structure, and a pair of waveguides on each side of the main waveguide. Each adjacent waveguide has a taper structure but one that is opposed to that of the main waveguide, namely, a width that gradually increases along the direction of light propagation to a larger value at an end tip thereof. The end tips of the waveguides terminate along a common input/output facet of the converter. The adjacent waveguides help to shape the mode of the light propagating through the main waveguide, in so doing enabling the converter to exhibit high coupling efficiency and polarization independence in the full optical communication bands (i.e., from O to L-band) by successfully tuning the mode shape at a chip facet. The trident mode converter enables efficient optical fiber-to-chip coupling.
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