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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2005
Applicant:
Richard W. Ridgway, Westerville, OH (US);
Inventor:
Richard W. Ridgway, Westerville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Optimer Photonics, Inc., Columbus, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/295 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Optical devices are provided for optical signal modulation under the control of an electrical signal propagating along a traveling wave electrode structure. The electrode structure comprises a coplanar stripline including a control signal electrode interposed between a pair of ground plane electrodes. Each of the ground plane electrodes defines a positively or negatively biased elevated ground plane portion isolated from the control signal input and the control signal output. The present invention also contemplates provision of a coplanar stripline as described and claimed herein.