Patent · US Expired

Thermo-optical device

US7071492B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims
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Filing dateJun 30, 2003
Grant dateJul 4, 2006
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F2201/066
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A polymer well may be formed over a thermal oxide formed over a semiconductor substrate in one embodiment. The well may include a waveguide and a pair of heaters adjacent the waveguide. Each heater may be mounted on a platform of insulating material to reduce heat loss through the substrate and the thermal oxide, in one embodiment.

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