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US 2026/0205203 A1Published application
Antenna-integrated electro-optic modulator
AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorTsubasa NISHIDA
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Abstract
An antenna-integrated electro-optic modulator including an optical waveguide configured to transmit an optical signal; a plurality of antenna electrodes configured to receive a radio signal for modulating the optical signal by an electro-optic effect; and an interface configured to provide different DC bias voltages to individual antenna electrodes of the plurality of antenna electrodes to control a reception direction of the radio signal.
Claims15
An antenna-integrated electro-optic modulator comprising:
- an optical waveguide configured to transmit an optical signal;
- a plurality of antenna electrodes disposed along the optical waveguide and configured to receive a radio signal to modulate the optical signal by an electro-optic effect;
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- an interface configured to provide different DC bias voltages to individual antenna electrodes of the plurality of antenna electrodes to control a reception direction of the radio signal.
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A method for controlling a reception direction of an antenna-integrated electro-optic modulator, the method comprising:
- transmitting an optical signal through an optical waveguide;
- receiving a radio signal at a plurality of antenna electrodes;
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- applying a plurality of different DC voltages to the plurality of antenna electrodes to induce a phase difference in the optical signal, wherein the plurality of different DC voltages are selected to set the reception direction of the plurality of antenna electrodes to a target incident angle.
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