US 12,489,529 B2
Two-dimensional scalable high-power optical phased array architecture with beam steering
Saeed Zeinolabedinzadeh, Chandler, AZ (US)
Assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed by ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/750,040.
Application 18/750,040 is a continuation of application No. 18/059,223, filed on Nov. 28, 2022, granted, now 12,040,839.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/283,739, filed on Nov. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0340089 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04B 10/50 (2013.01); H04B 10/564 (2013.01); H04J 14/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 10/564 (2013.01) [H04B 10/5057 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communications device, comprising:
an array of optical transmitters, each element of the array including:
an optical source; and
an antenna coupled to the optical source;
a plurality of tunable delay components interconnecting transmitters in the array of optical transmitters; and
a communications signal path configured to conduct a communications signal through the array of the optical transmitters,
wherein the optical sources are synchronized.