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Electro-opto-mechanical assembly for coupling a light source or receiver to an optical waveguide    
United States Patent6243508   
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Inventor(s)Jewell; Jack L. (Boulder, CO); Swirhun; Stanley (Boulder, CO); Kaluzhny; Mikhail (Boulder, CO); Moore; Andrew (Broomfield, CO)
AbstractA novel electro-opto-mechanical assembly is provided. The electro-opto-mechanical assembly comprising: a first wafer, the wafer having a top and bottom surface; at least one optical element disposed on one surface of the first wafer; at least one discrete opto-electronic transducer element disposed on the bottom surface of the first wafer and in optical communication with the optical element; and an optical waveguide; wherein the first wafer and the optical element form an optical relay which relays light between the discrete opto-electronic transducer and the optical waveguide and thereby forms an efficient optical coupling between the discrete opto-electronic transducer and the optical waveguide.



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Electro-opto-mechanical assembly for coupling a light source or receiver to an optical waveguide
Inventor     Jewell; Jack L. (Boulder, CO); Swirhun; Stanley (Boulder, CO); Kaluzhny; Mikhail (Boulder, CO); Moore; Andrew (Broomfield, CO)
Owner/Assignee     Picolight Incorporated (Boulder, CO)
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Publication Date     June 5, 2001
Application Number     09/323,204
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Filing Date     June 1, 1999
US Classification     385/14 385/88 385/93
Int'l Classification     G02B 006/12
Examiner     Palmer; Phan T. H.
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Attorney/Law Firm     Jagtiani & Associates
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Parent Case     CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application makes reference to the following U.S. Patent Application: U.S. application Ser. No. 08/905,938, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,940,564 entitled "Device for Coupling a Light Source or Receiver to an Optical Waveguide," filed Aug. 5, 1997. This application is hereby incorporated by reference.
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USPTO Field of Search     385/88 385/89 385/90 385/91 385/92 385/93 385/94 385/33 385/35 385/93 385/147
Patent Tags     electro-opto-mechanical assembly coupling light source receiver to optical waveguide
   
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