Inventor
Michael R. Watts
Inventor
Hingham, MA, US
Overview
Patents· 49 as inventor
Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.
G02Fprimary
G02FOptical devices or arrangements for the control of light by modification of the optical properties of the media of the elements involved therein28%
G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus27%
H01SDevices using the process of light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation [laser] to amplify or generate light6%
H01LSemiconductor devices5%
G01SRadio direction-finding4%
H04BTransmission4%
H10FInorganic semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation4%
Y02EReduction of greenhouse gas [ghg] emissions, related to energy generation, transmission or distribution3%
B82YSpecific uses or applications of nanostructures2%
G01CMeasuring distances, levels or bearings2%
PatentTitleYear
11,003,045Phase front shaping in one and two-dimensional optical phased arrays202110,976,542Aberration correction of optical phased arrays202110,976,491Photonics interposer optoelectronics202110,884,312Optical device202110,809,591Optical phase shifter device202010,775,559Photonics fabrication process performance improvement202010,761,272Large scale steerable coherent optical switched arrays202010,705,407Speckle reduction in photonic phased arrays202010,707,837Laser frequency chirping structures, methods, and applications202010,690,993Tunable optical structures202010,684,527Optical device202010,627,517Optical phased arrays202010,613,410Large scale optical phased array202010,527,906Thermal phase shifters for optical phased arrays202010,461,489Photonic devices and methods of using and making photonic devices201910,359,630Display apparatus comprising first and second optical phased arrays and method for augmented reality201910,338,321Large scale steerable coherent optical switched arrays201910,305,253Methods and apparatus for mode-locking on-chip lasers201910,133,149Apparatus and methods for generating nonlinear effects in centrosymmetric materials201810,101,630Optical waveguide device201810,075,245Apparatus and methods for reconfigurable optical receivers20189,939,586Apparatus, systems, and methods for waveguide-coupled resonant photon detection20189,806,485'Photonic devices and methods of using and making photonic devices'20179,476,981'Optical phased arrays'20169,329,413'Method and apparatus of highly linear optical modulation'20169,325,140'Photonic devices and methods of using and making photonic devices'20169,287,430'Photovoltaic solar concentrator'20169,128,308'Low-voltage differentially-signaled modulators'20159,130,092'Photovoltaic solar cell'20159,081,215'Silicon photonic heater-modulator'20159,063,354'Passive thermo-optic feedback for robust athermal photonic systems'20159,052,535'Electro-refractive photonic device'20158,988,754'Optical phased arrays with evanescently-coupled antennas'20158,755,647'Methods and apparatus for vertical coupling from dielectric waveguides'20148,615,173'System for active control of integrated resonant optical device wavelength'20138,610,994'Silicon photonics thermal phase shifter with reduced temperature range'20138,027,587'Integrated optic vector-matrix multiplier'20117,983,517'Wavelength-tunable optical ring resonators'20117,941,014'Optical waveguide device with an adiabatically-varying width'20117,820,970'Fabrication of thermal microphotonic sensors and sensor arrays'20107,667,200'Thermal microphotonic sensor and sensor array'20107,616,850'Wavelength-tunable optical ring resonators'20097,450,800'Precise and permanent modification of the resonant frequency of a dielectric microcavity and correction of frequency shifts in dielectric coupled-resonator filters'20087,424,181'Hitless switch for high-density integrated optics'20087,343,067'Precise and permanent modification of the resonant frequency of a dielectric microcavity and correction of frequency shifts in dielectric coupled-resonator filters'20087,228,015'Integrated optic polarization converter based on structural chirality'20077,224,868'Radiation-free optical cavity'20077,127,131'Wavelength insensitive integrated optic polarization splitter'20067,072,532'Wavelength insensitive integrated optic polarization splitter'2006Career & activity timeline
Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.
2006–2020Patents assigned to MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY (18)· patent assignee history
2006–2021Based in Hingham, MA, US· patent location history
2006–2016Based in Albuquerque, NM, US· patent location history
2009–2016Patents assigned to SANDIA CORP (15)· patent assignee history
2013–2018Patents assigned to WATTS MICHAEL R (10)· patent assignee history
2014–2018Patents assigned to SUN JIE (5)· patent assignee history
2017Based in Hinghan, MA, US· patent location history
2018–2021Patents assigned to Analog Photonics LLC (15)· patent assignee history
2021Based in Boston, MA, US· patent location history
Inventor activity
Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.
Assignees
| Assignee | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY | 18 | 2006–2020 |
| Analog Photonics LLC | 15 | 2018–2021 |
| SANDIA CORP | 15 | 2009–2016 |
| WATTS MICHAEL Rself | 10 | 2013–2018 |
| SUN JIE | 5 | 2014–2018 |
Locations
| Location | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Hingham, Massachusetts, US | 38 | 2006–2021 |
| Albuquerque, NM, US | 9 | 2006–2016 |
| Boston, Massachusetts, US | 1 | 2021 |
| Hinghan, Massachusetts, US | 1 | 2017 |