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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:
May. 29, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2005
Applicants:
Moti Margalit, Zichron Yaakov, IL;
Gideon Rogovsky, Tel Aviv, IL;
Eitan Avni, Karmiel, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Lambda Crossing, Caesarea, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of producing a PLC based optical component comprising: defining a waveguide; etching a notch thereby defining a facet of the waveguide; and cutting a trench in front of the notch, the cutting being accomplished subsequent to the etching, whereby at least a portion of the trench is displaced from the facet by the notch. The invention also provides for a PLC based optical component comprising: a substrate; a waveguide deposited above the substrate, the waveguide exhibiting a facet; a notch etched in front of the facet of the waveguide; and a trench cut in front of the notch.