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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:
Jul. 30, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Oy Nokia Ab, , US;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65 3013 ; 65-314 ; 65 31 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of producing optical waveguides by ion exchange technique in a glass substrate (1), the ion exchange between a source of ions (such as AgNO.sub.3) and the glass substrate (1) taking place within glass substrate surface areas (6) which do not comprise any ion exchange mask. In the method of the invention, the ion exchange mask is formed by depletion areas (5A, 5B) formed in the surface of the glass substrate.