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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2019
Eth Zurich, Zurich, CH;
Maurizio Burla, Zurich, CH;
Juerg Leuthold, Neerach, CH;
ETH ZURICH, Zurich, CH;
Abstract
Disclosed is an electronic device () for converting a wireless signal () in the mm-wave or sub-THz range into at least one modulated optical signal (). The electronic device () comprises an antenna element () for converting the wireless signal () into a guided electrical signal (), wherein the antenna element () is arranged on a printed circuit board (') or on a first integrated chip (′). The electronic device () comprises an electrical signal converter () for converting the at least one guided electrical signal () into a conditioned electrical signal (), wherein the electrical signal converter () is arranged on a second integrated chip (″). The electronic device () comprises a modulator () for converting the conditioned electrical signal () into the modulated optical signal (), wherein the modulator () is arranged on a third integrated chip (′″), and wherein the modulator () comprises a waveguide () and a cladding () comprising a first cladding portion () having a conductive material at an interface with the waveguide () and a second cladding portion () having a conductive material at an interface with the waveguide ().