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Integrated optical-electronic solid state system
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1970-03-31
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Granted: 1973-02-13
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Expires: 1990-03-31
Abstract
Abstract A crystal substrate integrates a plurality of optically and electronically operating components. The substrate has a surface having a matrix having at least two circuit layers one above the other and each substantially parallel to the surface of the substrate. The components are positioned in the two circuit layers. Optical paths optically intercouple corresponding ones of the optical components and extend in at least one of the layers predominantly in directions parallel to the surface of the substrate. An optical guide plate propagates light within and parallel to the guide plate in any desired directions. The guide plate comprises different optically functional areas. At least two solid state light sources are optically coupled to the guide plate in a manner whereby when the light sources are operative an information content is provided comprising information components constituted by a network of optically correlated component light beams. The information content has an information structure comprising a plurality of adjustable information components.
Inventors
- 👤 E Groschwitz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 19:40
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02B; G02B6/00; G02B6/24; G02B6/26; G02B6/28; G02B6/2804; G02B6/2817; G02B6/42; G02B6/4201; G02B6/4246; G02B6/43
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
373 words
An integrated optical-electronic solid state system comprising a crystal substrate having a surface having a matrix containing a substantially complete spatial integration arrangement of the desired optical-electronic operations, said matrix having at least two circuit layers one above the other and each substantially parallel to the surface of said substrate, said components being positioned in said two circuit layers; optical paths for optically intercoupling corresponding ones of said optical components, said optical paths extending in at least one of said layers predominately in directions parallel to the surface of said substrate; additional optical paths for the optical-electronic coupling of the optical components and the electronic components in accordance with the integration arrangement of said matrix, said additional optical paths extending at correspondingly different localities of the surface of said substrate in directions substantially perpendicular to said surface whereby communication technical operations are performable in each of said layers and between said layers, said matrix at least partly providing a carrier of said components and of electrical current paths between at least some of said components, said matrix having openings at specific localities through which data carrying light beams may pass in specific directions; an optical guide plate for the propagation of light within and parallel to said guide plate in any desired directions, said guide plate comprising different optically functional areas, said guide plate having optical inputs and outputs; at least two solid state light sources optically coupled to said guide plate in a manner whereby when said light sources are operative an information content is provided comprising information components constituted by a network of optically correlated component light beams, said information content having an information structure comprising a plurality of information components adjustable via the intensity ratios, the phase relations, the polarization conditions, the coherence relations and the optical path length differences of branched and recombined component optical beams, said information structure comprising correlated and non-correlated phase shares and having correspondingly different cooperative switching conditions dependent upon internal optical couplings whereby the supply to said network of additional information in the form of component optical beams produces a reactionable layered information character, the optical outputs of said guide plate functioning to radiate as outputs the complex information of said different switching conditions.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
373 words
An integrated optical-electronic solid state system comprising a crystal substrate having a surface having a matrix containing a substantially complete spatial integration arrangement of the desired optical-electronic operations, said matrix having at least two circuit layers one above the other and each substantially parallel to the surface of said substrate, said components being positioned in said two circuit layers; optical paths for optically intercoupling corresponding ones of said optical components, said optical paths extending in at least one of said layers predominately in directions parallel to the surface of said substrate; additional optical paths for the optical-electronic coupling of the optical components and the electronic components in accordance with the integration arrangement of said matrix, said additional optical paths extending at correspondingly different localities of the surface of said substrate in directions substantially perpendicular to said surface whereby communication technical operations are performable in each of said layers and between said layers, said matrix at least partly providing a carrier of said components and of electrical current paths between at least some of said components, said matrix having openings at specific localities through which data carrying light beams may pass in specific directions; an optical guide plate for the propagation of light within and parallel to said guide plate in any desired directions, said guide plate comprising different optically functional areas, said guide plate having optical inputs and outputs; at least two solid state light sources optically coupled to said guide plate in a manner whereby when said light sources are operative an information content is provided comprising information components constituted by a network of optically correlated component light beams, said information content having an information structure comprising a plurality of information components adjustable via the intensity ratios, the phase relations, the polarization conditions, the coherence relations and the optical path length differences of branched and recombined component optical beams, said information structure comprising correlated and non-correlated phase shares and having correspondingly different cooperative switching conditions dependent upon internal optical couplings whereby the supply to said network of additional information in the form of component optical beams produces a reactionable layered information character, the optical outputs of said guide plate functioning to radiate as outputs the complex information of said different switching conditions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
373 words
An integrated optical-electronic solid state system comprising a crystal substrate having a surface having a matrix containing a substantially complete spatial integration arrangement of the desired optical-electronic operations, said matrix having at least two circuit layers one above the other and each substantially parallel to the surface of said substrate, said components being positioned in said two circuit layers; optical paths for optically intercoupling corresponding ones of said optical components, said optical paths extending in at least one of said layers predominately in directions parallel to the surface of said substrate; additional optical paths for the optical-electronic coupling of the optical components and the electronic components in accordance with the integration arrangement of said matrix, said additional optical paths extending at correspondingly different localities of the surface of said substrate in directions substantially perpendicular to said surface whereby communication technical operations are performable in each of said layers and between said layers, said matrix at least partly providing a carrier of said components and of electrical current paths between at least some of said components, said matrix having openings at specific localities through which data carrying light beams may pass in specific directions; an optical guide plate for the propagation of light within and parallel to said guide plate in any desired directions, said guide plate comprising different optically functional areas, said guide plate having optical inputs and outputs; at least two solid state light sources optically coupled to said guide plate in a manner whereby when said light sources are operative an information content is provided comprising information components constituted by a network of optically correlated component light beams, said information content having an information structure comprising a plurality of information components adjustable via the intensity ratios, the phase relations, the polarization conditions, the coherence relations and the optical path length differences of branched and recombined component optical beams, said information structure comprising correlated and non-correlated phase shares and having correspondingly different cooperative switching conditions dependent upon internal optical couplings whereby the supply to said network of additional information in the form of component optical beams produces a reactionable layered information character, the optical outputs of said guide plate functioning to radiate as outputs the complex information of said different switching conditions.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
373 words
An integrated optical-electronic solid state system comprising a crystal substrate having a surface having a matrix containing a substantially complete spatial integration arrangement of the desired optical-electronic operations, said matrix having at least two circuit layers one above the other and each substantially parallel to the surface of said substrate, said components being positioned in said two circuit layers; optical paths for optically intercoupling corresponding ones of said optical components, said optical paths extending in at least one of said layers predominately in directions parallel to the surface of said substrate; additional optical paths for the optical-electronic coupling of the optical components and the electronic components in accordance with the integration arrangement of said matrix, said additional optical paths extending at correspondingly different localities of the surface of said substrate in directions substantially perpendicular to said surface whereby communication technical operations are performable in each of said layers and between said layers, said matrix at least partly providing a carrier of said components and of electrical current paths between at least some of said components, said matrix having openings at specific localities through which data carrying light beams may pass in specific directions; an optical guide plate for the propagation of light within and parallel to said guide plate in any desired directions, said guide plate comprising different optically functional areas, said guide plate having optical inputs and outputs; at least two solid state light sources optically coupled to said guide plate in a manner whereby when said light sources are operative an information content is provided comprising information components constituted by a network of optically correlated component light beams, said information content having an information structure comprising a plurality of information components adjustable via the intensity ratios, the phase relations, the polarization conditions, the coherence relations and the optical path length differences of branched and recombined component optical beams, said information structure comprising correlated and non-correlated phase shares and having correspondingly different cooperative switching conditions dependent upon internal optical couplings whereby the supply to said network of additional information in the form of component optical beams produces a reactionable layered information character, the optical outputs of said guide plate functioning to radiate as outputs the complex information of said different switching conditions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
An integrated system as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said light sources comprises a laser diode.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
An integrated system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said optical guide plate comprises a plurality of component zones of a material transparent to optical frequencies utilized, said zones having polished boundary surfaces in direct abutment with each other.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
An integrated system as claimed in claim 3, wherein one of the component zones of said optical guide plate is a prism.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
40 words
An integrated system as claimed in claim 3, wherein said light sources comprise at least two spaced parallel laser elements optically coupled with said optical guide plate and optically coupled with each other and themselves via said optical guide plate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
An integrated system as claimed in claim 3, wherein one of the component zones of said optical guide plate is an optically non-linear double refraction component.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
An integrated system as claimed in claim 3, further comprising an optical branch point in the optical path being utilized.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
An integraTed system as claimed in claim 3, wherein one of the component zones of said optical guide plate is a polarizer for the light beam.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
An integrated system as claimed in claim 3, wherein one of the component zones of said optical guide plate is an analyzer for the light beam.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
An integrated system as claimed in claim 3, wherein said optical guide plate includes and combines optical-electronic functional components by optical paths of variable lengths.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
17 words
An integrated system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the optical paths terminate in the optical outputs.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
24 words
An integrated system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the optically non-linear double refraction component of said optical guide plate comprises a KDP crystal.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
24 words
An integrated system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the polarizer of said optical guide plate controls the polarization capacity of the optical path.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
25 words
An integrated system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the polarizer of said optical guide path controls the optical path length of the optical path.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
90 words
A method of operating an integrated optical-electronic solid state system including sources of radiation, said method comprising the steps of radiating coherent light from the sources to provide an at least partly interfering network of light beams; controlling the intensity ratios, phase relations, frequencies, polarization conditions and coherence relations of branched off and combined light beams to produce an information structure comprising a plurality of information components and; variably switching the information structure to provide a complex information content having a layered arrangement of information configuration representing specific information codes.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
90 words
A method of operating an integrated optical-electronic solid state system including sources of radiation, said method comprising the steps of radiating coherent light from the sources to provide an at least partly interfering network of light beams; controlling the intensity ratios, phase relations, frequencies, polarization conditions and coherence relations of branched off and combined light beams to produce an information structure comprising a plurality of information components and; variably switching the information structure to provide a complex information content having a layered arrangement of information configuration representing specific information codes.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the produced combined information content is emitted with variable information structures which may react with other systems.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
40 words
A method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the coherent light is radiated in optical alternation to produce a coherent optical coupling between the sources of radiation to shape the information into an information mixture having a reactionable information configuration.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
199 words
An integrated optical-electronic solid state system comprising a plurality of optical and electronic components; a crystal substrate for integrating the optically and electronically operating components, said substrate having a surface having a matrix having at least two circuit layers one above the other and each substantially parallel to the surface of said substrate, said components being positioned in said two circuit layers; optical paths optically intercoupling corresponding ones of said optical components and extending in at least one of said layers predominantly in directions parallel to the surface of said substrate; an optical guide plate for propagating light within and parallel to said guide plate in any desired directions, said guide plate comprising different optically functional areas and having optical inputs and outputs; at least two solid state light sources optically coupled to said guide plate in a manner whereby when said light sources are operative an information content is provided comprising information components constituted by a network of optically correlated component light beams, said information content having an information structure comprising a plurality of adjustable information components, said information structure comprising correlated and non-correlated phase shares and having correspondingly different cooperative switching conditions dependent upon internal optical couplings.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
199 words
An integrated optical-electronic solid state system comprising a plurality of optical and electronic components; a crystal substrate for integrating the optically and electronically operating components, said substrate having a surface having a matrix having at least two circuit layers one above the other and each substantially parallel to the surface of said substrate, said components being positioned in said two circuit layers; optical paths optically intercoupling corresponding ones of said optical components and extending in at least one of said layers predominantly in directions parallel to the surface of said substrate; an optical guide plate for propagating light within and parallel to said guide plate in any desired directions, said guide plate comprising different optically functional areas and having optical inputs and outputs; at least two solid state light sources optically coupled to said guide plate in a manner whereby when said light sources are operative an information content is provided comprising information components constituted by a network of optically correlated component light beams, said information content having an information structure comprising a plurality of adjustable information components, said information structure comprising correlated and non-correlated phase shares and having correspondingly different cooperative switching conditions dependent upon internal optical couplings.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
134 words
An integrated system as claimed in claim 18, wherein said matrix contains a substantially complete spatial integration arrangement of the desired optical-electronic operations as to their totality of functioning, and further comprising additional optical paths for the optical-electronic coupling of the optical components and the electronic components in accorDance with the integration arrangement of said matrix, said additional optical paths extending at correspondingly different localities of the surface of said substrate in directions substantially perpendicular to said surface whereby communication technical operations are performable in each of said layers and between said layers, said matrix at least partly providing a carrier of said components and of electrical current paths between at least some of said components, said matrix having openings at specific localities through which data carrying light beams may pass in specific directions.
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| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1976-02-13 | 1976-08-14 | 1977-02-13 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1980-02-13 | 1980-08-14 | 1981-02-13 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1984-02-13 | 1984-08-14 | 1985-02-13 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |