Inventor · Los Altos, CA, US

Albert Yuen

49Patents
14h-index
33Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 27, 1994 → May 15, 2025

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6682228B2 Connector housing for fiber-optic module Physics 121 Expired
US6318909A Integrated packaging system for optical communications devices that provides automatic alignment with optical fibers Physics 93 Expired
US6583902B1 Modular fiber-optic transceiver Physics 74 Expired
US5892784A N-drive p-common surface emitting laser fabricated on n+ substrate Electricity 47 Expired
US5835514A Laser-based controlled-intensity light source using reflection from a convex surface and method of making same Electricity 47 Expired
US5809050A Integrated controlled intensity laser-based light source using diffraction, scattering and transmission Electricity 45 Expired
US6203212A Optical subassembly for use in fiber optic data transmission and reception Physics 43 Expired
US7494287B2 Integrated optical fiber and electro-optical converter Physics 39 Active
US5892787A N-drive, p-common light-emitting devices fabricated on an n-type substrate and method of making same Electricity 34 Expired
US6069908A N-drive or P-drive VCSEL array Electricity 31 Expired
US5771254A Integrated controlled intensity laser-based light source Electricity 31 Expired
US5761229A Integrated controlled intensity laser-based light source Electricity 29 Expired
US6137929A System and method for interfacing optical fibers with optical communications devices via an optical fiber faceplate Physics 24 Expired
US9742153B1 Compact emitter design for a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser Electricity 17 Active
US6647050B2 Flip-chip assembly for optically-pumped lasers Electricity 8 Expired
US6188711A Polarization-controlled VCSELs using externally applied uniaxial stress Electricity 8 Expired
US10199794B1 Electrically isolating adjacent vertical-emitting devices Electricity 8 Active
US6784372B1 Orthogonal electrical connection using a ball edge array Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US7575380B2 Integrated optical fiber and electro-optical converter Physics 5 Expired
US10720758B2 Emitter array with shared via to an ohmic metal shared between adjacent emitters Electricity 3 Active
US6553051B1 System for optically pumping a long wavelength laser using a short wavelength laser Electricity 3 Expired
US10574031B2 Compact emitter design for a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser Electricity 3 Active
US6835003B2 Integrated packaging system for optical communications devices that provides automatic alignment with optical fibers Physics 2 Expired
US10801969B1 Testing device for bottom-emitting or bottom-detecting optical devices Physics 2 Active
US10170889B1 Controlling uniformity of lateral oxidation of wafer surface features using a vertical stack of horizontal wafers Electricity 2 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.