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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2015
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Richard C. A. Pitwon, Fareham, GB;
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 11/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 11/33 (2013.01); G02B 6/429 (2013.01); G02B 6/4214 (2013.01); G02B 6/4291 (2013.01);
Abstract
The exemplary systems, apparatus, structures, and methods may include an assembly including substrate, an optical waveguide, and an optical access associated with the optical waveguide. Light from the optical access may be measured along the optical waveguide. The coupling loss of the optical waveguide may be determined based on at least the light measurements from the optical access.