G02B 6/4295
Coupling with semiconductor devices activated by light through the light guide
Official title: {coupling with semiconductor devices activated by light through the light guide, e.g. thyristors, phototransistors}
G02B6/4295 (Coupling with semiconductor devices activated by light through the light guide) appears on 395 US grants and 319 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 319
- Assignees
- 204
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Twister oven for photoconductive switches6 Oct 2026US 12,754,373 B2Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
- Network switches with photonic interconnect platforms6 Oct 2026US 12,754,386 B1Sicily Merger Sub II, Inc.
- 400G silicon photonic integrated optical module with photoelectric integrated substrate29 Sep 2026US 12,748,268 B2SHUNYUN TECHNOLOGY (ZHONGSHAN) Limited
- Protection apparatus for a photonic device25 Aug 2026US 12,717,092 B2Xilinx, Inc.
- Optically bridged multicomponent package with extended temperature range4 Aug 2026US 12,699,240 B2Sicily Merger Sub II, Inc.
- Semiconductor devices with photonic interconnect platforms and crossbar switches8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309948 A1
- Network switches with photonic interconnect platforms8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309949 A1Sicily Merger Sub II, Inc.
- Electronic circuit layers for photonic interconnect platforms8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314026 A1
- Optically interconnected network interface controller (nic)10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267098 A1Lightmatter, Inc.
- Component with photonic integrated circuit3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259382 A1ams-OSRAM International GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical simulator with loop-back attenuator having metalized optical fiber276US 5,076,688 AAMP Incorporated · 1991
- Optical loop attenuator simulating an optical system257US 4,736,100 AAMP Incorporated · 1988
- Display sign216US 5,151,679 A1992
- Germanium silicon heterostructure photodetectors134US 7,397,101 B1Luxtera, Inc. · 2008
- Closed loop, programmable power and communication system107US 5,033,112 ANorthern Telecom Limited · 1991