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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. 10, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Karl-Ulrich Stein, Unterhaching, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9617 ; 385 49 ; 385 15 ; 385 98 ; 156647 ; 156656 ;
Abstract
In silicon micro mechanical units, a coupling arrangement for optically coupling a fiber to a planar optical waveguide integrated on a substrate. The coupling arrangement provides a fiber arranged in a V-shaped groove of the substrate, leading to the planar waveguide and terminating in a low-attenuation butt coupling between the fiber and the planar optical waveguide. The butt coupling achieves the low-attenuation without great outlay, and cost-beneficially. A further embodiment employs welding the fiber to the waveguide.