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US 11,378,764 B2Granted
Optical module
AssigneeInnoLight Technology (Suzhou) Ltd.
InventorsJie Zhou, Kewu Wang
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Abstract
An optical module includes a housing including an optical interface, a circuit board module disposed in the housing, a fiber optic receptacle module disposed in the housing and including a plurality of fiber optic receptacles, and an optoelectronic chip disposed in the housing and electrically connected to the circuit board module. The plurality of fiber optic receptacles are connected together and are installed at the optical interface.
Claims15
An optical module comprising:
- a housing comprising an optical interface;
- a circuit board module disposed in the housing;
- a fiber optic receptacle module disposed in the housing and comprising a plurality of fiber optic receptacles;
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- an optoelectronic chip disposed in the housing and electrically connected to the circuit board module,
- wherein the plurality of fiber optic receptacles are connected together and installed at the optical interface,
- the fiber optic receptacle module further comprises a main plate, and the plurality of fiber optic receptacles are secured to the main plate, and
- snap-fit claws extending backwards are arranged on the main plate, claw hooks are arranged at far ends of the snap-fit claws, and the claw hooks snap-fit to back end surfaces of the fiber optic receptacles to secure the fiber optic receptacles to the main plate.
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An optical module assembly method, comprising:
- providing a circuit board module, an optoelectronic chip, a fiber optic receptacle module, and a housing, the fiber optic receptacle module comprising a plurality of fiber optic receptacles connected together, and the housing comprising a lower housing and an upper lid and having an optical interface and an electrical interface;
- electrically connecting the optoelectronic chip to the circuit board module, optically coupling the fiber optic receptacle module to the optoelectronic chip, installing the circuit board module to an end of the lower housing near the electrical interface, inserting the plurality of fiber optic receptacles connected together into the optical interface, and securing the fiber optic receptacles at the optical interface;
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- after securing the fiber optic receptacles at the optical interface, placing the upper lid over the lower housing;
- the method further comprising:
- connecting the plurality of fiber optic receptacles, the connecting comprising:
- providing a main plate that has a plurality of insertion holes, and inserting the plurality of the fiber optic receptacles through the insertion holes;
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- arranging snap-fit claws extending backwards on the main plate, arranging claw hooks at far ends of the snap-fit claws, and snap-fitting the claw hooks to back end surfaces of the fiber optic receptacles to secure a plurality of the fiber optic receptacles to the main plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.