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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Yu Sheng Bai, San Jose, CA (US);
Huapu Pan, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12 (2006.01); G02B 6/30 (2006.01); G02B 6/122 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/1228 (2013.01); G02B 6/305 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a waveguide along a longitudinal axis at a first elevation, an optical splitter coupled to a first edge of the waveguide along the longitudinal axis, two or more inverse tapers coupled to a second edge of the optical splitter along the longitudinal axis, and one or more offset inverse tapers that are substantially parallel with the two or more inverse tapers, wherein the one or more offset inverse tapers are along the longitudinal axis at a second elevation.