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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Colorchip (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
COLORCHIP (ISRAEL) LTD., Yokneam, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/32 (2006.01); G02B 6/12 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G02B 6/30 (2006.01); G02B 6/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12 (2013.01); G02B 6/26 (2013.01); G02B 6/30 (2013.01); G02B 6/4225 (2013.01); G02B 6/4227 (2013.01); G02B 6/4239 (2013.01); G02B 6/4292 (2013.01); G02B 6/4246 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49004 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49016 (2015.01);
Abstract
A planar lightwave circuit (PLC) is disclosed having fixed thereto a coupling tube for coupling an optical fiber. The PLC comprises a planar optical substrate having in it an optical waveguide having an optical aperture located on an edge surface of the optical substrate and a tube formed having a lumen dimensioned to receive an optical fiber ferrule and an edge surface fixed to the substrate edge surface so that a cross section of the lumen at the edge surface is aligned with the optical aperture.