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

Claim 17:
18. The WDM transceiver of claim 17, 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 first waveguide has a first portion and a second portion,
the first portion of the first waveguide is closer to the first end of the second waveguide than the second portion of the first waveguide,
a portion of the second waveguide overlaps, in the z-direction, with the first portion of the first waveguide, and
the first portion of the first waveguide includes the portion of the first waveguide that tapers in the direction perpendicular to the z-direction.