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Optical device having dual microstrip transmission lines with a low-k material and a method of manufacture thereof

US7024057B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 16, 2002
Grant dateApr 4, 2006
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Expiry dateJul 23, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F2201/122
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention provides an optical device. In one embodiment, the optical device includes an optical waveguide formed in or over a ridge located on a substrate. The optical device also includes a microstrip transmission line comprising a signal electrode and a ground electrode adjacent the ridge and a low-k dielectric material separating the signal and ground electrodes. The present invention also provides a method for making the optical device.

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