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Title:
TRANSFER OF OPTICAL ELEMENT PATTERNS ON A SAME SIDE OF A SUBSTRATE ALREADY HAVING FEATURE THEREON
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003036339
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A passive optical element is transferred into a substrate already having features with a vertical dimension thereon. The features may be another passive optical element, an active optical element, a dichroic layer, a dielectric layer, alignment features, metal portions. A protective layer is provided over the feature during the transfer of the optical element. One or more of these processes may be performed on a wafer level.

Inventors:
SULESKI THOMAS J (US)
BOYE ROBERT (US)
DELANEY WILLIAM (US)
MILLER HARRIS (US)
MORRIS JAMES (US)
HAN HONGTAO (US)
MATHEWS JAY (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/033279
Publication Date:
February 26, 2004
Filing Date:
October 17, 2002
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
DIGITAL OPTICS CORP (US)
SULESKI THOMAS J (US)
BOYE ROBERT (US)
DELANEY WILLIAM (US)
MILLER HARRIS (US)
MORRIS JAMES (US)
HAN HONGTAO (US)
MATHEWS JAY (US)
International Classes:
G02B5/18; G03F7/00; (IPC1-7): G02B5/18
Foreign References:
US5835458A1998-11-10
US5687155A1997-11-11
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