G02B 2006/12142
Modulator
Official title: {Modulator}
G02B2006/12142 (Modulator) appears on 652 US grants and 768 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 652
- Published applications
- 768
- Assignees
- 291
- Inventors
- 1,448
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 10 | 3 |
| 2002 | 8 | 11 |
| 2003 | 6 | 9 |
| 2004 | 8 | 24 |
| 2005 | 10 | 13 |
| 2006 | 21 | 11 |
| 2007 | 11 | 10 |
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| 2014 | 6 | 15 |
| 2015 | 20 | 26 |
| 2016 | 33 | 45 |
| 2017 | 49 | 43 |
| 2018 | 36 | 37 |
| 2019 | 46 | 56 |
| 2020 | 42 | 60 |
| 2021 | 49 | 60 |
| 2022 | 51 | 51 |
| 2023 | 40 | 60 |
| 2024 | 42 | 73 |
| 2025 | 61 | 65 |
| 2026 | 27 | 47 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Optical phased array device and method of manufacture22 Sep 2026US 12,742,930 B2The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Photonic fanout15 Sep 2026US 12,736,746 B2Ayar Labs, Inc.
- Photonic silicon-insulator-silicon modulator and methods for forming the same1 Sep 2026US 12,724,196 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Apparatus and method for optical frequency conversion25 Aug 2026US 12,717,210 B2Honeywell International Inc.
- Integrated photodetector with embedded semiconductor region28 Jul 2026US 12,693,556 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Integrated photodetector with embedded semiconductor region8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310014 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Lithography-free programmable integrated photonics1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299192 A1The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
- Optical chip, method of preparing optical chip, and optical module1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299194 A1Hisense Broadband Multimedia Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Embedded radio frequency shield between integrated optical modulator and silicon substrate1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299333 A1Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Electrical interconnects for packages containing photonic integrated circuits1 Oct 2026US 2026/0305479 A1Sicily Merger Sub II, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Terahertz interconnect system and applications220US 6,967,347 B2The Regents of the University of Colorado · 2005
- Structure and method for planar lateral oxidation in passive devices196US 6,548,908 B2Xerox Corporation · 2003
- Attenuation device for wavelength multiplexed optical fiber communications135US 5,745,271 ALucent Technologies Inc. · 1998
- Resonantly coupled waveguides using a taper112US 6,310,995 B1University of Maryland · 2001
- Tapered rib fiber coupler for semiconductor optical devices99US 6,229,947 B1Sandia Corporation · 2001