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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:
Oct. 10, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 05, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Stephen M. Gates, Ossining, NY (US);

Joyeeta Nag, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);

Jason S. Orcutt, Katonah, NY (US);

Jean-Olivier Plouchart, New York, NY (US);

Spyridon Skordas, Troy, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12 (2006.01); G02B 6/125 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G02B 6/132 (2006.01); H01L 25/16 (2006.01); H01L 25/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/125 (2013.01); G02B 6/132 (2013.01); G02B 6/4257 (2013.01); G02B 6/4279 (2013.01); G02B 6/4295 (2013.01); H01L 25/167 (2013.01); H01L 25/50 (2013.01); H01L 31/173 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12061 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments are directed to a coupler system having an interposer configured to couple optical signals. The interposer includes at least one optoelectronic component formed on a glass substrate. The interposer further includes at least one waveguide formed on the glass substrate and configured to couple the optical signals to or from the at least one optoelectronic component, wherein the at least one waveguide comprises a waveguide material having grain diameters greater than about one micron and an optical loss less than about one decibel per centimeter of optical propagation.


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