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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2021
Applicant:
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Inventors:
Douglas Gill, South Orange, NJ (US);
Juthika Basak, San Jose, CA (US);
Asres Seyoum, Franklin Park, NJ (US);
Matthew Streshinsky, Taos, NM (US);
Assignee:
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/225 (2006.01); G02F 1/035 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/2255 (2013.01); G02F 1/0356 (2013.01); G02F 2201/127 (2013.01);
Abstract
A segmented optical modulator includes two optical modulator segments located along a main face of a photonic chip, and two RF transmission lines connected to drive a corresponding one of the two optical modulator segments. A signal electrode of one of the transmission lines includes a segment that is vertically capacitively coupled to a plurality of spaced ground-connected metallic elements disposed in sequence along a length of the segment above or below thereof so as to be capacitively coupled thereto.