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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2017
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Russell A. Budd, North Salem, NY (US);
Daniel M. Kuchta, Patterson, NY (US);
Benjamin Giles Lee, New York, NY (US);
Laurent Schares, Sleepy Hollow, NY (US);
Clint Lee Schow, Ossining, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12 (2006.01); G02B 6/36 (2006.01); G02B 6/125 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/125 (2013.01); G02B 6/12 (2013.01); G02B 6/3652 (2013.01); G02B 6/423 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12119 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12147 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12166 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12173 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12176 (2013.01); Y10T 156/10 (2015.01);
Abstract
A system comprises a first optical component comprising a component body; at least a first waveguide formed in the component body, wherein the first waveguide is substantially mirror-symmetrical in shape relative to a line at or near the center of the first waveguide; and a self-alignment feature configured to assist in optically-coupling the first waveguide with a second waveguide located outside of the component body.