Snap inc. (20250085477). OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE MANUFACTURING METHOD

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE MANUFACTURING METHOD

Organization Name

snap inc.

Inventor(s)

Arseny Alexeev of Drayton, Abingdon (GB)

Venkata Karthik Nagareddy of Swindon (GB)

Nirdesh Ojha of Schaerding (AT)

Philip Andrew Greenhalgh of Battle (GB)

David Hayes of Robertsbridge (GB)

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE MANUFACTURING METHOD

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250085477 titled 'OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE MANUFACTURING METHOD

Original Abstract Submitted

an optical waveguide manufacturing method includes: receiving a master template having a plurality of individual waveguide structures imprinted thereon; coating the master template with a curable master template stamp material; curing the master template stamp material to form a master template stamp; separating the master template stamp from the master template; imprinting the master template stamp onto one or more first substrates having an imprintable coating to form one or more master template copies, each master template copy having a plurality of individual waveguide structure copies imprinted thereon; curing the one or more master template copies; separating the master template stamp from the one or more master template copies; coating one of the one or more master template copies with a curable working stamp material; curing the working stamp material to form a working stamp for manufacturing optical waveguides; and separating the master template copy from the working stamp.