Inventor · Pleasanton, CA, US

Dean Samara-Rubio

20Patents
6h-index
19Co-inventors
62Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 30, 2000 → Mar 13, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6600864B2 Method and apparatus for switching an optical beam using an optical rib waveguide Physics 21 Expired
US6483954B2 Method and apparatus for coupling to regions in an optical modulator Physics 20 Expired
US6628450B2 Method and apparatus for phase-shifting an optical beam in a semiconductor substrate Physics 14 Expired
US6470104B2 Method and apparatus for switching an optical beam by modulating the phase of a portion of the optical beam in a semiconductor substrate Physics 14 Expired
US6603893B1 Method and apparatus for switching an optical beam in a semiconductor substrate Physics 14 Expired
US6504965B2 Method and apparatus for self-testing and maintaining alignment of an optical beam in an optical switch Physics 8 Expired
US6441676B1 Externally programmable antifuse Electricity 6 Expired
US7582891B2 Materials and optical devices based on group IV quantum wells grown on Si-Ge-Sn buffered silicon Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US7035487B2 Phase shifting optical device with dopant barrier Physics 5 Expired
US7184613B2 Phase shifting optical device with dopant barrier Physics 4 Expired
US6888398B2 Externally programmable antifuse Electricity 3 Expired
US9243558B2 Compressed air energy storage Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US6649898B1 Method and apparatus for optically enabling a circuit component in a large scale integrated circuit Electricity 2 Expired
US6853759B2 Method and apparatus for sensing a temperature along an optical path with a grating in semiconductor material Physics 1 Expired
US7242866B2 Methods and apparatus for switching N optical input signals to M optical outputs Electricity 1 Expired
US6950577B2 Waveguide-based Bragg gratings with spectral sidelobe suppression and method thereof Physics 1 Expired
US7231150B2 Method and apparatus for sensing a temperature along an optical path in semiconductor material Physics 0 Expired
US7088888B2 Waveguide-based Bragg gratings with spectral sidelobe suppression and method thereof Physics 0 Expired
US6903325B2 Method and apparatus for optically enabling a circuit component in a large scale integrated circuit Electricity 0 Expired
US6775425B2 Method and apparatus for adjusting the phase of an optical beam Physics 0 Expired

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