PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16282176
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["372", "020000"]

Abstract:
Methods for driving a tunable laser with integrated tuning elements are disclosed. The methods can include modulating the tuning current and laser injection current such that the laser emission wavelength and output power are independently controllable. In some examples, the tuning current and laser injection current are modulated simultaneously and a wider tuning range can result. In some examples, one or both of these currents is sinusoidally modulated. In some examples, a constant output power can be achieved while tuning the emission wavelength. In some examples, the output power and tuning can follow a linear relationship. In some examples, injection current and tuning element drive waveforms necessary to achieve targeted output power and tuning waveforms can be achieved through optimization based on goodness of fit values between the targeted and actual output power and tuning waveforms.

Claim (Index 15):
The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:\n detecting the emission wavelength; detecting the output power; determining a first difference between the detected emission wavelength and a targeted wavelength; determining a second difference between the detected output power and a targeted output power; and adjusting at least one of the first and second waveforms such that one or more of the first difference and the second difference are reduced.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 19.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.11429
- Patent Class: 372.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13952554', '14878678', '15967019', '15600074', '13952574']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7623469264850627
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4831516876240533
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7344274025989619
- Mean Citation Score: 185.480496
- Max Citation Score: 189.168
- Similarity Product: 149.32004888820651

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

Dataset: test