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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2018
The Government of the United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);
Jack W. Holloway, Arlington, VA (US);
Ruonan Han, Winchester, MA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments herein relate to a fully integrated broadband interconnect. The system comprises a first integrated circuit, a second integrated circuit, and a coupler structure to connect the first and second integrated circuits, where the coupler structure includes a base portion and a top portion that are connected by two vertical walls. The top portion has a gap that increases a strength of a transverse electric field across the gap when the coupler structure is operating in an odd higher order mode that is horizontally polarized, where the coupler structure is full of a dielectric material, and where the cross-sectional width of the coupler structure is tapered in a direction of wave propagation. The system further comprises a dielectric waveguide attached to the top portion of the coupler structure, where the dielectric waveguide supports the odd higher order mode and an even higher order mode.