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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. 04, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2006
Applicant:
Robert O. Miller, Rochester, MI (US);
Inventor:
Robert O. Miller, Rochester, MI (US);
Assignee:
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc., Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12 (2006.01); G02B 6/26 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G02B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical platform including optical bench, an optical or photonic coupling device and a photonic circuit. The photonic circuit includes a photonic crystal along a waveguide and/or defect. The coupling device may be a waveguide or impedance matching interconnection device. The optical bench includes a rectangular trench to seat an optical fiber and provide alignment with the photonic circuit.