- Patent Title: Photonic integrated circuit package using optical hybrid circuits
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Application No.: US15398606Application Date: 2017-01-04
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Publication No.: US10261259B2Publication Date: 2019-04-16
- Inventor: Peter W. Evans
- Applicant: Infinera Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Infinera Corporation
- Current Assignee: Infinera Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agent David L. Soltz
- Main IPC: G02B6/28
- IPC: G02B6/28 ; G02B6/26 ; G02B27/28 ; G02B6/122 ; G02B6/12

Abstract:
Consistent with the present disclosure, a coherent receiver PIC may be provided having waveguides that may be routed in a substantially U-shaped bend to feed both an incoming signal and a local oscillator signal into a 90-degree optical hybrid circuit, which may include a multi-mode interference (MMI) device. As a result, one or more local oscillator lasers may be provided between optical hybrid circuits in certain examples, and, in other examples, optical waveguides feeding optical signals to the optical hybrids are provided between the optical hybrid circuits. In both examples, a more compact receiver PIC layout may be achieved without waveguide crossings, that can be linearly scaled to accommodate reception of additional signals or channels without added complexity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170192173A1 Photonic Integrated Circuit Package Public/Granted day:2017-07-06
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