Frank E Walters, Age 78207 Harding St, Washington, NC 27889

6778309, Aug 17, 2004

Aug 22, 2002

10/226184

Joseph Michael Freund - Fogelsville PA
Thomas Gordon Beck Mason - Bethlehem PA
Joseph Patrick Reynolds - Macungie PA
Robert Ehrler Tench - Allentown PA
Frank Stephen Walters - Kutztown PA

Triquint Technology Holding Co. - Hillsboro OR

G02F 103

359259, 359264, 359252

An electroabsorption modulator comprises a tandem arrangement of a conventional electroabsorption (EA) modulator element and a phase modulator element. The EA modulator element is driven by the digital data signal and the phase modulator is driven by a chirp tuning control signal, such as the complement of the data signal. By controlling the amplitude and/or bias of the chirp tuning control signal, the frequency chirp of the intensity-modulated output signal from the EA modulator element can be controlled.

6990256, Jan 24, 2006

Jun 20, 2002

10/175665

John Michael Geary - Longswamp Township PA, US
Joseph Michael Freund - Fogelsville PA, US
Frank Stephen Walters - Kutztown PA, US
Thomas Gordon Beck Mason - Bethlehem PA, US
Charles William Lentz - Reading PA, US

TriQuint Technology Holding Co. - Hillsboro OR

G02F 1/035
G02F 1/03

385 2, 385 1, 359245

An optical modulator includes first and second modulator segments. The first and second modulator segments form an optical signal path for an optical signal. The optical modulator also includes an electrical signal path capable of receiving and carrying a modulation signal, which is applied to the optical signal at the first and second modulation segments to generate a modulated optical signal. An inductive element may be disposed between electrical inputs to the first and second modulator segments. The optical modulator may be an electro-absorption modulator (EAM). The inductive element may be an inductor or a transmission line segment.