Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Michael T. Morse

27Patents
10h-index
12Co-inventors
68Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 6, 1999 → Apr 26, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6393169B1 Method and apparatus for providing optical interconnection Physics 37 Expired
US6653161B1 Method and apparatus for forming a capacitive structure including single crystal silicon Electricity 30 Expired
US6587605B2 Method and apparatus for providing optical interconnection Physics 28 Expired
US6600864B2 Method and apparatus for switching an optical beam using an optical rib waveguide Physics 21 Expired
US6650802B1 Method and apparatus for switching an optical beam Physics 20 Expired
US7082248B1 Semiconductor waveguide-based avalanche photodetector with separate absorption and multiplication regions Electricity 16 Expired
US6690036B2 Method and apparatus for steering an optical beam in a semiconductor substrate Physics 14 Expired
US7209623B2 Semiconductor waveguide-based avalanche photodetector with separate absorption and multiplication regions Electricity 14 Expired
US7741657B2 Inverted planar avalanche photodiode Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US8435809B2 Vertical mirror in a silicon photonic circuit Physics 10 Active
US6818468B2 Method and apparatus for incorporating a low contrast interface and a high contrast interface into an optical device Physics 9 Expired
US7233051B2 Germanium/silicon avalanche photodetector with separate absorption and multiplication regions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US6811324B2 Method and apparatus for incorporating a low contrast interface and a high contrast interface into an optical device Physics 8 Expired
US6956983B2 Epitaxial growth for waveguide tapering Physics 8 Expired
US6876050B2 Method and apparatus for forming a capacitive structure including single crystal silicon Electricity 5 Expired
US8803268B2 Vertical mirror in a silicon photonic circuit Physics 4 Active
US6351326B1 Method and apparatus for optically modulating light utilizing a resonant cavity structure Physics 4 Expired
US6649990B2 Method and apparatus for incorporating a low contrast interface and a high contrast interface into an optical device Physics 4 Expired
US6987912B2 Epitaxial growth for waveguide tapering Physics 3 Expired
US6989284B2 Fabrication of a waveguide taper through ion implantation Physics 2 Expired
US6891653B2 Method and apparatus for steering an optical beam in a semiconductor substrate Physics 2 Expired
US8338857B2 Germanium/silicon avalanche photodetector with separate absorption and multiplication regions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US8278741B2 Sidewall photodetector Physics 1 Active
US8829566B2 Germanium/silicon avalanche photodetector with separate absorption and multiplication regions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US6950577B2 Waveguide-based Bragg gratings with spectral sidelobe suppression and method thereof Physics 1 Expired

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