Patent ID: 7835600
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: G01R,G02F,H01Q

Abstract:
1. A receiver front-end assembly comprising: a. a metal-bounded dielectric-filled transverse electromagnetic waveguide for guiding a propagating electromagnetic field through said transverse electromagnetic waveguide, said transverse electromagnetic waveguide having two opposing metal surfaces, b. an electromagnetic field concentrating antenna for coupling incident electromagnetic radiation into said transverse electromagnetic waveguide, c. at least one slice of an electro-optic material embedded in the metal-bounded dielectric-filled transverse electromagnetic waveguide, the electro-optic material embedded in the metal-bounded dielectric-filled transverse electromagnetic waveguide having at least one optical waveguide having at least a major portion thereof guiding light in a direction orthogonal with respect to a direction in which the metal-bounded dielectric-filled transverse electromagnetic waveguide guides an electromagnetic field propagating in said transverse electromagnetic waveguide; and d. at least one integrated electro-optic waveguide modulator disposed on or in the at least one slice of electro-optic material, said modulator including at least a portion of said at least one optical waveguide, a portion of said two opposing metal surfaces of said metal-bounded dielectric-filled transverse electromagnetic waveguide serving as driving electrodes for said modulator.