Floating optical carrier
AssigneeOnix Microsystems, Inc.
InventorsKristofer Mortzheim, Kelvin Chau
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for aligning one or more optical fibers is disclosed. The apparatus includes a carrier having one or more through holes and one or more plugs, each of which is sized to be received in one or more of the three or more through holes. The carrier is adapted to receive one or more waveguides. The waveguides may be aligned by inserting a plug into each of one or more through holes in a carrier; attaching a waveguide to the carrier; aligning the carrier to align the one or more waveguides with respect to an optical device attached to a substrate; and tacking one or more of the plugs to the substrate to maintain the alignment of the waveguides with respect to the optical device.
Claims30
A method for alignment of one or more waveguides, comprising:
- inserting a plug into one or more through holes in a carrier;
- attaching one or more waveguides to the carrier;
- aligning the carrier to align the one or more waveguides with respect to an optical device attached to a substrate;
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- tacking one or more of the plugs to the substrate to maintain the alignment of the one or more waveguides with respect to the optical device.
An apparatus for aligning one or waveguides to one or more optical devices, comprising:
- a carrier having one or more through holes, the carrier being adapted to receive the one or more waveguides;
- one or more plugs, each of which is sized to be received in one or more of the through holes;.
An apparatus for attachment and alignment of optical devices to a motherboard comprising:
- a) at least one device carrier;
- b) at least three adjustable plugs configured to fit into openings in the device carrier or in the motherboard;
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- c) a filler material that fills the space between the device carrier and the motherboard;
- d) wherein the plugs closely fit into the openings, such that a clearance is large enough for the plugs to slip through the openings without much insertion force and the clearance is small enough that the plugs may be held in place by the force of friction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.