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Method for producing a tapered waveguide

CA 2135091 C · Owner: Okada, Kuniaki · Inventors: Yoshida, Yoshio; Kurata, Yukio; Sakai, Keiji

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A method for producing a tapered waveguide layer is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: forming a resist pattern on a substrate; setting the substrate in an apparatus for forming a film such that particles constituting the film reach the substrate from a direction which is oblique relative to the substrate; forming the film on a region of a surface of the substrate which is not covered by the resist pattern, the film having a thickness distribution corresponding to a shadow which the resist pattern creates on the substrate in accordance with an angle between the substrate and the direction; and removing the resist pattern, thereby forming the tapered waveguide layer consisting of …

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  • Filed November 4, 1994 and granted January 20, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 4, 2014.
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FiledNovember 4, 1994
GrantedJanuary 20, 1998
Term endedNovember 4, 2014
Patent numberCA 2135091 C
Classification (IPC)G02B6/12 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedNov 4, 1994Patent grantedJan 20, 1998Term endedNov 4, 2014

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