Patents by Inventor Manuel Fendler

Manuel Fendler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Vertically-tolerant alignment using slanted wall pedestal
    Patent number: 6459158
    Abstract: An apparatus (10, 310) is provided including a first chip having at least one recess (18, 418) formed on the first chip, in the form of an optoelectronic/photonic device (12, 314), at a pre-selected location. A second chip, in the form of an optical component supporting substrate (14, 312), includes at least one projection (24, 424) extending therefrom at a pre-selected location, wherein at least one of the recess and the projection includes angled walls (28, 428) having an angle relative to the top of the wall less than 54.74° for capturing and directing the other of the at least one recess (18, 418) and the at least one projection (24, 424) for aligning the first chip to the second chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel Delprat, Manuel Fendler, Anatolie Lupu
  • Hybrid alignment using calibrated substrates
    Publication number: 20010055447
    Abstract: An optical apparatus (10) is provided including a first chip (12) having at least one alignment feature (24, 240) in the first chip (12) at a pre-selected location. A second chip (14) has a plurality of alignment couplers (18, 340) formed in the second chip (14) at pre-selected locations relative to the at least one feature (24, 240), wherein one of the plurality of couplers (18, 340) of the second chip (14) is coupled to the at least one feature (24, 240) of the first chip (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: Daniel Delprat, Manuel Fendler, Anatolie Lupu