G02B 6/12011
Characterised by the arrayed waveguides
Official title: {characterised by the arrayed waveguides, e.g. comprising a filled groove in the array section}
G02B6/12011 (Characterised by the arrayed waveguides) appears on 490 US grants and 411 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Optical phased array, method for preparing optical phased array and phase-shifting control system18 Aug 2026US 12,710,585 B2United Microelectronics Center Co., Ltd
- Arrayed waveguide grating with reusable delay line (AWG-RDL)11 Aug 2026US 12,704,680 B2California Institute of Technology
- Arrayed waveguide grating device and arrayed waveguide grating system using the same26 May 2026US 12,638,636 B2National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology
- Unidirectional, asymmetric, e-skid, waveguide grating antenna17 Mar 2026US 12,578,528 B2Luminar Technologies, Inc.
- Athermal arrayed waveguide grating13 Jan 2026US 12,523,816 B2MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.
- Phase control waveguide structure based on anisotropic material and wavelength division multiplexer structure thereof9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194709 A1Jiaxing Research Institute, Zhejiang University
- Optical phased array chip with contra-directional coupler, optical phased array system and on-chip phase calibration method2 Jul 2026US 2026/0186202 A1Silith Technology Pte. Ltd.
- Waveguides with meta-optical structures for routing light between layers30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118577 A1II-Vi Delaware, Inc.
- Arrayed waveguide gratings with stabilized performance under varying parameters30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118579 A1MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.
- Free space optical communications optical phased array repeater, distribution node and optical data aggregator16 Apr 2026US 2026/0104545 A1Taara Connect, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical switch, multiplexer, and demultiplexer313US 5,136,671 AAT&T Bell Laboratories · 1992
- System and method for network vulnerability detection and reporting237US 7,257,630 B2McAfee, Inc. · 2007
- System and method for network vulnerability detection and reporting194US 7,243,148 B2McAfee, Inc. · 2007
- Optical multiplexer/demultiplexer170US 5,002,350 AAT&T Bell Laboratories · 1991
- Efficient reflective multiplexer arrangement134US 5,450,511 AAT&T Corp. · 1995