H04B 10/801
Using optical interconnects
Official title: {using optical interconnects, e.g. light coupled isolators, circuit board interconnections}
H04B10/801 (Using optical interconnects) appears on 1,353 US grants and 1,333 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04B- Granted patents
- 1,353
- Published applications
- 1,333
- Assignees
- 639
- Inventors
- 2,692
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 14 | 7 |
| 2002 | 25 | 23 |
| 2003 | 18 | 18 |
| 2004 | 15 | 39 |
| 2005 | 22 | 31 |
| 2006 | 23 | 35 |
| 2007 | 19 | 23 |
| 2008 | 22 | 38 |
| 2009 | 32 | 48 |
| 2010 | 27 | 38 |
| 2011 | 32 | 47 |
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| 2013 | 37 | 47 |
| 2014 | 51 | 67 |
| 2015 | 57 | 66 |
| 2016 | 91 | 85 |
| 2017 | 76 | 78 |
| 2018 | 79 | 83 |
| 2019 | 96 | 79 |
| 2020 | 61 | 51 |
| 2021 | 64 | 70 |
| 2022 | 47 | 65 |
| 2023 | 59 | 76 |
| 2024 | 59 | 63 |
| 2025 | 61 | 72 |
| 2026 | 28 | 48 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Photonic memory fabric for system memory interconnection15 Sep 2026US 12,737,118 B2Sicily Merger Sub II, Inc.
- Systolic memory access15 Sep 2026US 12,737,319 B2Micron Technology, Inc.
- Ultraviolet light transmission system15 Sep 2026US 12,739,038 B2NTT, Inc.
- Optically coupled multi-node computing system25 Aug 2026US 12,719,587 B2Shanghai Xizhi Technology Co., Ltd.
- Communication system and method for ultra-flexible and ultra-reliable laser beam based wireless communication18 Aug 2026US 12,712,657 B2Wireless Photonics LLC
- System and Method for Enabling High Speed Optical Communication Inside and Between PC Boards, 3D Multi-Chip Modules and Other Electronic Systems1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303224 A1
- Multi-chip electro-photonic networks and photonic memory fabrics for interconnecting multiple circuit packages24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288336 A1Celestial AI Inc.
- Polarization based dual-mode optical transceiver17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280714 A1Lumos Infinitas USA Inc.
- Optical interposer10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267061 A1Enosemi, Inc.
- Battery management system and communication management method therefor10 Sep 2026US 2026/0271158 A1LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Pulse oximetry system with electrical decoupling circuitry734US 9,107,625 B2Masimo Corporation · 2015
- Quasi-optical coupler578US 9,209,902 B2AT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P. · 2015
- Fibre optic single mode rotary joint307US 5,039,193 AFocal Technologies Incorporated · 1991
- Thin film electro-optical devices231US 4,766,471 AEnergy Conversion Devices, Inc. · 1988
- Method and apparatus for bi-directional communication with a miniature circuit breaker226US 8,111,148 B22012