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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 30, 2012
Applicants:

David A. Fattal, Mountain View, CA (US);

Zhen Peng, Foster City, CA (US);

Marco Fiorentino, Mountain View, CA (US);

Raymond G. Beausoleil, Redmond, CA (US);

Inventors:

David A. Fattal, Mountain View, CA (US);

Zhen Peng, Foster City, CA (US);

Marco Fiorentino, Mountain View, CA (US);

Raymond G. Beausoleil, Redmond, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G02B 6/34 (2006.01); G02B 6/136 (2006.01); G02B 6/30 (2006.01); G02B 6/124 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12 (2013.01); G02B 6/124 (2013.01); G02B 6/136 (2013.01); G02B 6/30 (2013.01); G02B 6/34 (2013.01); G02B 6/42 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12176 (2013.01);
Abstract

An optical coupling system and method of fabrication are included. The optical coupling system includes a substrate layer and an optical waveguide material overlying the substrate layer. The optical waveguide material can include a grating. The system also includes a cover material overlying the optical waveguide material to couple an optical signal to the optical waveguide material via the grating at a coupling angle. Approximately zero energy of the coupled optical signal is lost in the substrate layer due to a combination of the coupling angle and a difference in refractive indices between the cover material and the substrate layer.


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