Inventor · Sunnyvale, CA, US

Chris Barnard

34Patents
12h-index
27Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 5, 1993 → Oct 5, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6040933A Method and apparatus for channel equalization in wavelength division multiplexed systems Electricity 133 Expired
US6115157A Methods for equalizing WDM systems Electricity 69 Expired
US6742154B1 Forward error correction codes for digital optical network optimization Electricity 64 Expired
US6219162A Methods for equalizing WDM systems Electricity 56 Expired
US7184666B1 Reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer Electricity 45 Expired
US5321774A Polarization independent transmissive/reflective optical switch Physics 32 Expired
US5280549A Frequency dependent optical isolator Electricity 32 Expired
US7269347B1 Optical receiver decision threshold tuning apparatus and method Electricity 21 Expired
US9441979B2 Interactive applications using data from light sensory networks Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Active
US6304370A Two-stage modular wide-band optical amplifiers Electricity 17 Expired
US8744262B2 Optical subchannel routing, protection switching and security Electricity 15 Active
US9419743B2 Optical subchannel routing, protection switching and security Electricity 13 Active
US6263130A Wideband optical service channel for wave division networks Electricity 9 Expired
US8542999B2 Minimizing bandwidth narrowing penalties in a wavelength selective switch optical network Electricity 7 Active
US9746333B2 Interactive applications using data from light sensory networks Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US9485050B2 Subchannel photonic routing, switching and protection with simplified upgrades of WDM optical networks Electricity 7 Active
US9054832B2 Management, monitoring and performance optimization of optical networks Electricity 5 Active
US6616348B1 Method and optical communication network for bidirectional protection protocols Electricity 5 Expired
US9927249B2 Interactive applications using data from light sensory networks Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US9933297B2 System and method for planning and monitoring a light sensory network Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US7058299B1 Method and system for optimizing a laser system Electricity 5 Expired
US10422650B2 Application framework for interactive wireless sensor networks Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US8204374B2 Reconfigurable multichannel (WDM) optical ring network with optical shared protection Electricity 4 Active
US9641278B2 Subchannel photonic routing, switching and protection with simplified upgrades of WDM optical networks Electricity 2 Active
US9746370B2 Method and apparatus for measuring illumination characteristics of a luminaire Physics 1 Active

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