US 12,237,871 B2
Photonic communication platform and related methods for increasing yield
Mykhailo Tymchenko, Melrose, MA (US); Bradford Turcott, Georgetown, TX (US); Robert Turner, Georgetown, TX (US); Binoy Shah, Niskayuna, NY (US); Shashank Gupta, Newton, MA (US); James Carr, Tewksbury, MA (US); Ajay Joshi, Lexington, MA (US); Nicholas C. Harris, Boston, MA (US); and Darius Bunandar, Boston, MA (US)
Assigned to Lightmatter, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed by Lightmatter, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/190,931.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/428,003, filed on Nov. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/397,609, filed on Aug. 12, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/355,275, filed on Jun. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/332,518, filed on Apr. 19, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/327,717, filed on Apr. 5, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/325,113, filed on Mar. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/324,598, filed on Mar. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0388024 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 10/50 (2013.01); G02B 6/124 (2006.01); G02B 6/13 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G02B 6/43 (2006.01); H04B 10/079 (2013.01); H04B 10/40 (2013.01); H04B 10/70 (2013.01); H04B 10/80 (2013.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 10/70 (2013.01) [G02B 6/124 (2013.01); G02B 6/13 (2013.01); G02B 6/4215 (2013.01); G02B 6/4249 (2013.01); G02B 6/43 (2013.01); H04B 10/07953 (2013.01); H04B 10/40 (2013.01); H04B 10/50 (2013.01); H04B 10/803 (2013.01); H04B 10/808 (2013.01); H04J 14/0212 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photonic device, comprising:
a photonic circuit;
a plurality of optical channels having a plurality of chip-to-fiber couplers and a plurality of waveguides coupled to respective chip-to-fiber couplers;
an optical switch coupled between the plurality of optical channels and the photonic circuit; and
a controller configured to:
determine information indicative of a performance associated with each of the plurality of optical channels;
identify a subset of the plurality of optical channels using the information indicative of the performance associated with each of the plurality of optical channels; and
control the optical switch to selectively couple the subset of the plurality of optical channels to the photonic circuit.