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Tellium, Inc.

27Patents
0Active
27Granted
35Portfolio score

Filing activity: Dec 6, 1995 → Mar 27, 2001

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5960133A Wavelength-selective optical add/drop using tilting micro-mirrors Electricity 258 Expired
US6335992B1 Scalable optical cross-connect system and method transmitter/receiver protection Electricity 84 Expired
US5841500A Wedge-shaped liquid crystal cell Electricity 73 Expired
US5946331A Integrated multi-wavelength transmitter Electricity 66 Expired
US5805755A Self-aligned transition from ridge to buried heterostructure waveguide, especially for multi-wavelength laser array integration Electricity 63 Expired
US6333799A Hybrid wavelength-interchanging cross-connect Electricity 54 Expired
US6272154A Reconfigurable multiwavelength network elements Electricity 50 Expired
US6549692B1 Optical monitoring of the angular position of micro mirrors in an optical switch Physics 45 Expired
US6480645B1 Sidewall electrodes for electrostatic actuation and capacitive sensing Physics 41 Expired
US5825517A Parametric wavelength interchanging cross-connect Electricity 40 Expired
US6327019A Dual liquid-crystal wavelength-selective optical switch Electricity 37 Expired
US6307653A Optical matrix protection system Electricity 35 Expired
US6075512A Temperature compensation of a wedge-shaped liquid-crystal cell Physics 33 Expired
US6603894B1 MEMS mirror arrays and external lens system in an optical switch Electricity 32 Expired
US6493475B1 Monolithic integration of signal-monitoring scheme in an optical switch Physics 32 Expired
US6307660A Optical receiver particularly useful for a multi-wavelength receiver array Electricity 29 Expired
US6175436A Automatic feedback gain control for multiple channels in a doped optical fiber amplifier Electricity 26 Expired
US6529652B1 Optical switch and method for aligning optical switch components Physics 25 Expired
US6633693B1 Temperature control of micro-mirrors of an optical switch substrate Physics 20 Expired
US6470110B1 Monolithic integration of control elements and micro-mirror in an optical switch Physics 15 Expired
US6292281A Protection for MEMS cross-bar switch Physics 15 Expired
US6628857B1 Optical switch with an array of offset angled micro-mirrors Physics 14 Expired
US6347008B1 Optical amplifier system and optical network having flattened gain and constant per channel output power Electricity 12 Expired
US6591029B1 Optical switch and method for aligning optical switch components Physics 11 Expired
US6690849B1 Optical switch having MEMS array with reduced optical loss Electricity 8 Expired

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