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Optical signal transmission apparatus

US6147953A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 25, 1998
Grant dateNov 14, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 25, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/1372
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Optical transmission apparatus including light transmitting first and second optical coupler elements bonded together along a planar junction. A coating at the planar junction reflects and redirects a portion of an optical signal entering the apparatus to a surface of the optical transmission apparatus.

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