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SiOptical, Inc.

47Patents
4Active
47Granted
39Portfolio score

Filing activity: May 17, 2001 → Jun 6, 2007 · 4 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6845198B2 High-speed silicon-based electro-optic modulator Physics 94 Expired
US6944369B2 Optical coupler having evanescent coupling region Physics 70 Expired
US6968110B2 CMOS-compatible integration of silicon-based optical devices with electronic devices Electricity 58 Expired
US6897498B2 Polycrystalline germanium-based waveguide detector integrated on a thin silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 54 Expired
US7065301B2 High speed, silicon-based electro-optic modulator Physics 33 Expired
US6738546B2 Optical waveguide circuit including multiple passive optical waveguide devices, and method of making same Physics 29 Expired
US6671443B2 Shallow photonic bandgap device Physics 28 Expired
US6891685B2 Anisotropic etching of optical components Physics 27 Expired
US7013067B2 Silicon nanotaper couplers and mode-matching devices Physics 24 Expired
US6898352B2 Optical waveguide circuit including passive optical waveguide device combined with active optical waveguide device, and method for making same Physics 23 Expired
US7003196B2 External grating structures for interfacing wavelength-division-multiplexed optical sources with thin optical waveguides Physics 23 Expired
US6963118B2 Hybrid active and electronic circuit with evanescent coupling Physics 23 Expired
US6993225B2 Tapered structure for providing coupling between external optical device and planar optical waveguide and method of forming the same Physics 22 Expired
US6895136B2 Integrated optical/electronic circuits and associated methods of simultaneous generation thereof Physics 21 Expired
US6823112B2 Hybrid multiplexer/demultiplexer Physics 21 Expired
US6912330B2 Integrated optical/electronic circuits and associated methods of simultaneous generation thereof Physics 21 Expired
US6748125B2 Electronic semiconductor control of light in optical waveguide Physics 21 Expired
US6934444B2 Beam shaping and practical methods of reducing loss associated with mating external sources and optics to thin silicon waveguides Physics 21 Expired
US7020364B2 Permanent light coupling arrangement and method for use with thin silicon optical waveguides Physics 21 Expired
US6980720B2 Mode transformation and loss reduction in silicon waveguide structures utilizing tapered transition regions Physics 20 Expired
US7109739B2 Wafer-level opto-electronic testing apparatus and method Physics 20 Expired
US6646747B2 Interferometer apparatus and associated method Physics 20 Expired
US7298949B2 SOI-based photonic bandgap devices Physics 20 Expired
US6826320B2 Focusing mirror and lens Physics 20 Expired
US7415184B2 Wideband optical coupling into thin SOI CMOS photonic integrated circuit Physics 19 Active

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