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LIGHTWIRE LLC

19Patents
18Active
19Granted
50Portfolio score

Filing activity: Apr 23, 2004 → Oct 13, 2009 · 18 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7936448B2 LIDAR system utilizing SOI-based opto-electronic components Electricity 93 Active
US7701985B2 SOI-based tunable laser Electricity 45 Active
US8121450B2 Coupling between free space and optical waveguide using etched coupling surfaces Physics 34 Active
US7483597B2 Optical modulator utilizing multi-level signaling Electricity 26 Active
US7556440B2 Dual-lensed unitary optical receiver assembly Physics 25 Active
US7657130B2 Silicon-based optical modulator for analog applications Physics 15 Active
US8031991B2 Low index, large mode field diameter optical coupler Physics 13 Active
US7941023B2 Ultra low-loss CMOS compatible silicon waveguides Physics 12 Active
US7515778B2 Segmented optical modulator Electricity 10 Active
US8200056B2 Multi-fiber interface to photonic subassembly Physics 9 Active
US7570889B2 Common electronic dispersion compensation arrangement for use with multiple optical communication channels Electricity 8 Active
US7697793B2 Silicon modulator offset tuning arrangement Physics 6 Active
US7587106B2 Optical crossover in thin silicon Physics 5 Active
US7929814B2 Sub-micron planar lightwave devices formed on an SOI optical platform Physics 5 Expired
US7796842B2 AC-coupled differential drive circuit for opto-electronic modulators Physics 4 Active
US7499620B2 Low loss SOI/CMOS compatible silicon waveguide Physics 3 Active
US7567094B2 Tri-stated driver for bandwidth-limited load Electricity 3 Active
US7539358B2 SOI-based opto-electronic device including corrugated active region Physics 2 Active
US7706644B2 Offset launch mode from nanotaper waveguide into multimode fiber Physics 1 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.