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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:
Dec. 07, 1982
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Stockmann, Munich, DE;
Hans-Hermann Witte, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin & Munich, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9616 ; 350320 ;
Abstract
A three dimensional star coupler for interconnecting a first bunch of optical waveguides such as fibers to a second bunch of optical waveguides or optical fibers characterized by a mixing element being a planar waveguide having a thickness approximately equal to the fiber diameter and having input and output surfaces coupled to the incoming and outgoing fibers which are all supported in the same plane. The mixing element consists for example of an elongated rectangular plate but also can have a configuration of arcs of a circular configuration.