Patent ID: 11906777
Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. The WDM transceiver of claim 1, wherein:
the second waveguide has a first end and a second end,
the second end of the second waveguide is closer to the first waveguide than the first end of the second waveguide,
the second waveguide has a first portion and a second portion,
the first portion of the second waveguide is closer to the first end of the second waveguide than the second portion of the second waveguide,
the second portion of the second waveguide overlaps, in the z-direction, with a portion of the first waveguide,
the first portion of the second waveguide tapers in a direction perpendicular to the z-direction, and
the second portion of the second waveguide does not taper in the direction perpendicular to the z-direction.