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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 14, 2020
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0232 (2014.01); H01L 31/16 (2006.01); H01L 27/144 (2006.01); G02B 6/28 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/02327 (2013.01); G02B 6/2861 (2013.01); G02B 6/4295 (2013.01); H01L 27/144 (2013.01); H01L 31/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

An optically controlled switch includes a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) including: a first port and a second port, the first port and the second port being located at ends of the SIW to input and output an electromagnetic wave; and a shorting via electrically connected to a bottom layer of the SIW and separated from a top layer of the SIW by a dielectric gap. The optically controlled switch includes: a photoconductive element located on the top layer of the SIW and electrically connected to the shorting via and the top layer of the SIW, the photoconductive element being configured to have a dielectric state and a conductor state depending on a state of a controlling light flux; and a cutoff waveguide formed around the dielectric gap and the photoconductive element, and configured to provide control of the photoconductive element from a light source and block parasitic radiation.


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