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Classificazione scientifico-disciplinare

• Area scientifico disciplinare: Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione
  • ELETTRONICA
  • CAMPI ELETTROMAGNETICI
  • TELECOMUNICAZIONI

Classificazione brevettuale

• ELECTRICITY
  • BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES, OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE (operating at optical frequencies G02B; aerials H01Q; [N: modulating electromagnetic waves in transmission line, waveguide, cavity resonator or radiation field of aerial H03C7/02]; networks comprising lumped impedance elements H03H)
• PHYSICS
  • OPTICS (making optical elements or apparatus B24B, B29D11/00, C03, or other appropriate subclasses or classes; materials per se, see the relevant places, e.g. C03B, C03C)
    • DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH IS MODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THE DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY, COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g. SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS (optical transfer means between sensing member and indicating or recording part in connection with measuring G01D5/26; devices in which mathematical operations are carried out with optical elements G06E3/00 [N: A]; electrical signal transmission systems using optical means to convert the input signal G08C19/36; information-recording by electric or magnetic means and reproducing by sensing optical properties G11B11/00; static stores using optical elements G11C13/04; transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio waves, e.g. light, infra-red radiation, H04B10/00; optical multiplex systems H04J14/00; pictorial communication, e.g. television H04N)
    • OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes precedence; measuring-instruments, see the relevant subclass of G01, e.g. optical rangefinders G01C; testing of optical elements, systems, or apparatus G01M11/00; spectacles G02C; sound lenses G10K11/30; electron and ion "optics" H01J; X-ray "optics" H01J, H05G1/00; optical elements structurally combined with electric discharge tubes H01J5/16, H01J29/89, H01J37/22; microwave "optics" H01Q; combination of optical elements with television receivers H04N5/72; heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas H05B3/84 [N: optical apparatus 42H])

Classificazione geografica

• Regione: Sicilia

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Parole Chiave

ING-INF/01 ELETTRONICA; OPTOELETTRONICA; TANTALATO DI LITIO; NIOBATO DI LITIO; POLARIZZAZIONE PERIODICA; GENERAZIONE PARAMETRICA; NANOSTRUTTURE OTTICHE; CRISTALLI FOTONICI; DISPOSITIVI TUTTO-OTTICI IN GUIDA