Inventor · Redwood City, CA, US

Ralph Spickermann

13Patents
5h-index
11Co-inventors
63Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 30, 1998 → Apr 27, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6522697B1 Use of higher order modulation techniques to transmit large aggregate data rates on an optical link with relatively low speed electronics Electricity 50 Expired
US6362903B1 Use of higher order modulation techniques to transmit information on passbands of a dispersion-limited fiber link Electricity 12 Expired
US7260329B1 All optical time division multiplexer and packet switch using optical codewords and optically actuated optical switches Electricity 6 Expired
US6407837B1 Use of bandwidth efficient modulation techniques in a wavelength division multiplexed optical link Electricity 6 Expired
US7085500B2 Programmable optical vector modulator and method for use in coherent optical communications Electricity 5 Expired
US6963677B1 Optical memory and logic using cross-switches Physics 4 Expired
US10268044B1 Three-dimensional (3D) immersive viewer system Physics 3 Active
US8997678B2 Underwater load-carrier Fixed Constructions 2 Active
US6590683B1 Bandwidth efficient phase shift keyed modulation over nonlinear distortion limited optical fiber links Electricity 1 Expired
US6847741B2 Optically induced total internal reflection X-junction waveguide optical switch, network and optical switching method Physics 1 Expired
US11455710B2 Device and method of object detection Electricity 0 Active
US9298000B2 Method and apparatus for beam steering Physics 0 Active
US11366230B2 Device and method of optical range imaging Physics 0 Active

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