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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Uniphase Telecommunications Products, Bloomfield, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/10 ;
Abstract
A differential input optical modulator, suited for an electrical driver with complementary outputs is provided by the present invention. One embodiment uses a X-cut LiNbO3 substrate, with or without a buffer layer, to reduce cost of manufacture in comparison to some known devices that employ a Z-cut LiNbO˜ substrate. These prior art devices require both buffer and charge bleed-off layers. The present invention also includes a quasi-symmetric electrode structure in which the applied fields run parallel to the surface of the substrate.