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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:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert Cole, Mt. Hamilton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lightwave Microsystems Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12 ;
Abstract
Optical circuits are disclosed having one or more alignment guides for aligning the circuits with optical fiber arrays. The alignment guides have loop type optical paths extending between first and second ends, which are positioned in a fixed location relative to waveguides in the optical circuit allowing alignment of an optical fiber array with the circuit using a light source and a light detector connected to the array. In addition, methods and systems are disclosed for aligning optical fiber arrays with waveguides in an optical circuit.