G02B 6/12009
Comprising arrayed waveguide grating [awg] devices, i.e. with a phased array of
Official title: {comprising arrayed waveguide grating [AWG] devices, i.e. with a phased array of waveguides}
G02B6/12009 (Comprising arrayed waveguide grating [awg] devices, i.e. with a phased array of) appears on 1,564 US grants and 1,498 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 1,564
- Published applications
- 1,498
- Assignees
- 488
- Inventors
- 2,507
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | 20 | 0 |
| 1999 | 31 | 0 |
| 2000 | 30 | 0 |
| 2001 | 48 | 25 |
| 2002 | 68 | 113 |
| 2003 | 99 | 149 |
| 2004 | 96 | 106 |
| 2005 | 87 | 93 |
| 2006 | 118 | 56 |
| 2007 | 61 | 47 |
| 2008 | 55 | 39 |
| 2009 | 44 | 36 |
| 2010 | 32 | 42 |
| 2011 | 16 | 27 |
| 2012 | 34 | 41 |
| 2013 | 30 | 30 |
| 2014 | 26 | 29 |
| 2015 | 37 | 30 |
| 2016 | 53 | 39 |
| 2017 | 40 | 50 |
| 2018 | 36 | 58 |
| 2019 | 59 | 58 |
| 2020 | 46 | 68 |
| 2021 | 68 | 87 |
| 2022 | 71 | 79 |
| 2023 | 62 | 73 |
| 2024 | 64 | 58 |
| 2025 | 56 | 45 |
| 2026 | 30 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G02B 6/12019Characterised by the optical interconnection to or from the awg devices718
- G02B 6/12011Characterised by the arrayed waveguides490
- G02B 6/12026Characterised by means for reducing the temperature dependence341
- G02B 6/12016Characterised by the input or output waveguides325
- G02B 6/12033Characterised by means for configuring the device256
- G02B 6/12014Characterised by the wavefront splitting or combining section228
- G02B 6/12023Characterised by means for reducing the polarisation dependence192
Recent patents
- Technologies for optical demultiplexing with backwards compatibility6 Oct 2026US 12,754,364 B2Intel Corporation
- Optical phased array device and method of manufacture22 Sep 2026US 12,742,930 B2The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Optical coupler with different waveguide materials22 Sep 2026US 12,742,932 B2Intel Corporation
- Photonic memory fabric for system memory interconnection15 Sep 2026US 12,737,118 B2Sicily Merger Sub II, Inc.
- Tablet spectroscopic measurement method25 Aug 2026US 12,716,851 B2Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
- Semiconductor structure1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299197 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Multi-chip electro-photonic networks and photonic memory fabrics for interconnecting multiple circuit packages24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288336 A1Celestial AI Inc.
- Optical processing system3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259368 A1Atonarp Inc.
- Data transmission system for computer tomographs with a waveguide13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238351 A1Venturetec Rotating Systems GmbH
- Optical waveguide structure and control method16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202611 A1Denso Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical switch, multiplexer, and demultiplexer313US 5,136,671 AAT&T Bell Laboratories · 1992
- Two-dimensional optoelectronic tune-switch268US 5,671,304 AUniversite Laval · 1997
- System and method for network vulnerability detection and reporting237US 7,257,630 B2McAfee, Inc. · 2007
- Scattering device on an arrayed waveguide grating224US 8,958,665 B2Infinera Corporation · 2015
- System and method for network vulnerability detection and reporting194US 7,243,148 B2McAfee, Inc. · 2007