PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16177831
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["385", "003000"]

Abstract:
Described herein are methods, systems, and apparatuses to utilize an electro-optic modulator including one or more heating elements. The modulator can utilize one or more heating elements to control an absorption or phase shift of the modulated optical signal. At least the active region of the modulator and the one or more heating elements of the modulator are included in a thermal isolation region comprising a low thermal conductivity to thermally isolate the active region and the one or more heating elements from a substrate of the PIC.

Claim (Index 1):
A modulating system, comprising:\n a waveguide configured to guide light; an active region through which at least a portion of the waveguide extends; a heater configured to apply heat to the active region of the waveguide, the heat causing a variation in a refractive index of the active region and a corresponding variation in an optical path length traversed by the light in the waveguide; a plurality of electrodes positioned proximate the active region, the plurality of electrodes configured to generate a time-varying electric field in the active region, the electric field causing a further variation in the refractive index of the active region and a corresponding further variation in the optical path length traversed by the light in the waveguide; and control circuitry configured to:\n control the heater to raise a temperature of the active region to a specified elevated temperature above an ambient temperature; and \n provide a time-varying voltage to the electrodes to generate the time-varying electric field.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.9375
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15363046', '14612316', '10317935', '12310922', '10267331']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8065363535240541
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4868250693446489
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7745652251061135
- Mean Citation Score: 193.74244
- Max Citation Score: 267.5907
- Similarity Product: 243.65361089989548

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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