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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Russell A. Budd, North Salem, NY (US);
Daniel M. Kuchta, Patterson, NY (US);
Benjamin Giles Lee, New York, NY (US);
Laurent Schares, Sleepy Hollow, NY (US);
Clint Lee Schow, Ossining, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system comprises a first optical component comprising at least one waveguide and at least one self-alignment feature; and a second optical component comprising at least another waveguide and at least another self-alignment feature; wherein the self-alignment feature of the second optical component engage to assist in optically-coupling the waveguide of the first optical component and the waveguide of the second optical component when the first optical component has a manufacturing tolerance in a given geometric dimension and is mounted in the second optical component.