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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2005
Applicants:
Tao Pan, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard E. Demaray, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Yu Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Yong Jin Xie, Cupertino, CA (US);
Rajiv Pethe, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tao Pan, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard E. Demaray, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Yu Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Yong Jin Xie, Cupertino, CA (US);
Rajiv Pethe, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
SpringWorks, LLC, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for forming a mode size converter with an out-of-plane taper formed during deposition with a shadow mask is disclosed. Mode-size converters according to the present invention can have any number of configurations. Measured coupling efficiencies for waveguides with mode size converters according to the present invention show marked improvement.