Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Waveguide system comprising a hollow glass waveguide attached to glass connectors and the glass waveguide including an embedded metal layer
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Application No.: US16151918Application Date: 2018-10-04
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Publication No.: US10756405B2Publication Date: 2020-08-25
- Inventor: Nicholas Francis Borrelli , David John McEnroe , Joseph Francis Schroeder, III , Dean Michael Thelen , William Richard Trutna
- Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US NY Corning
- Assignee: Corning Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Corning Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Corning
- Agent Russell S. Magaziner
- Main IPC: H01P3/12
- IPC: H01P3/12 ; H01P11/00 ; H01P1/04

Abstract:
A hollow glass waveguide and related method are provided. The microwave waveguide includes a glass body including a first end, a second end, an outer glass surface extending between the first end and the second end, an inner glass surface defining a hollow channel that extends from the first end to the second end and a glass material between the outer surface and the inner surface. The microwave waveguide includes a layer of metal embedded in the glass body. The layer of metal surrounds the hollow channel when viewed in cross-section and extends between the first end and the second end of the glass body. The layer of metal is electrically conductive and the hollow channel is dimensioned such that microwaves introduced into the hollow channel are conducted along the hollow channel between the first end and the second end.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190109360A1 HOLLOW GLASS WAVEGUIDE WITH EMBEDDED METAL LAYER Public/Granted day:2019-04-11
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