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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2010
Jun Ushida, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Fujikata, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Ushida, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Fujikata, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a connecting channel that has manufacturing tolerance, can suppress light loses, improves reliability of the connecting channel, and connects an optical device and an optical waveguide. The connecting channel includes first silicon layer () that has rib-shaped part (') extending in a longitudinal direction of the connecting channel, and second silicon layer () that is stacked on first silicon layer () to partially overlap rib-shaped part′, and extends in the longitudinal direction. Second silicon layer () has tapered part (W) tapered toward one end in the longitudinal direction, and is located away from an upper portion of rib-shaped part (′) at an end surface of one end in the longitudinal direction.