Inventor · Emmaus, PA, US

Vipulkumar Patel

118Patents
18h-index
61Co-inventors
89Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 18, 1997 → Mar 2, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6845198B2 High-speed silicon-based electro-optic modulator Physics 94 Expired
US6968110B2 CMOS-compatible integration of silicon-based optical devices with electronic devices Electricity 58 Expired
US6897498B2 Polycrystalline germanium-based waveguide detector integrated on a thin silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 54 Expired
US6259846A Light-emitting fiber, as for a display Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Expired
US8121450B2 Coupling between free space and optical waveguide using etched coupling surfaces Physics 34 Active
US7065301B2 High speed, silicon-based electro-optic modulator Physics 33 Expired
US9618699B2 Multilayer photonic adapter Physics 26 Active
US7013067B2 Silicon nanotaper couplers and mode-matching devices Physics 24 Expired
US7003196B2 External grating structures for interfacing wavelength-division-multiplexed optical sources with thin optical waveguides Physics 23 Expired
US6963118B2 Hybrid active and electronic circuit with evanescent coupling Physics 23 Expired
US6993225B2 Tapered structure for providing coupling between external optical device and planar optical waveguide and method of forming the same Physics 22 Expired
US7020364B2 Permanent light coupling arrangement and method for use with thin silicon optical waveguides Physics 21 Expired
US6934444B2 Beam shaping and practical methods of reducing loss associated with mating external sources and optics to thin silicon waveguides Physics 21 Expired
US7109739B2 Wafer-level opto-electronic testing apparatus and method Physics 20 Expired
US6980720B2 Mode transformation and loss reduction in silicon waveguide structures utilizing tapered transition regions Physics 20 Expired
US9864133B2 Silicon photonic chip with through VIAS Physics 20 Active
US7298949B2 SOI-based photonic bandgap devices Physics 20 Expired
US7058261B2 Interfacing multiple wavelength sources to thin optical waveguides utilizing evanescent coupling Physics 18 Expired
US7000207B2 Method of using a Manhattan layout to realize non-Manhattan shaped optical structures Physics 18 Expired
US7447395B2 Silicon modulator offset tuning arrangement Physics 18 Active
US9995881B1 TSV compatible fiber array coupler for silicon photonics Physics 15 Active
US7187837B2 Active manipulation of light in a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) structure Physics 15 Expired
US6917730B2 Arrangements for reducing wavelength sensitivity in prism-coupled SOI-based optical systems Physics 15 Expired
US7327911B2 Optical detector configuration and utilization as feedback control in monolithic integrated optic and electronic arrangements Physics 15 Expired
US7657130B2 Silicon-based optical modulator for analog applications Physics 15 Active

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