Optical assembly and method for alignment thereof
AssigneeAvago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Ptd. Ltd.
InventorSimon Meadowcroft
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Abstract
The present invention provides an improved optical assembly for use in an optical telecommunications system and an improved method for aligning the optical assembly. The assembly uses a pair of ball bearings (7, 8) to support an optical fibre (2) on a baseplate (9). The optical fibre is aligned with respect to an optical device (15) and then the first ball bearing is inserted and welded in place. The fibre alignment is then fine tuned and the second ball bearing is inserted and welded in place. Advantageously, the present invention provides a simpler and more accurate method of aligning an optical fibre to an optical device.
Claims6
An optical assembly comprising an optical fibre (2) mounted in a tube (3) disposed in a first mount means (5) having an angled surface (35), a baseplate (9), and a support member (7) fixedly disposed between said angled surface (35) and said baseplate.
An optical assembly as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said baseplate (9) includes a groove (12).
An optical assembly comprising an optical fibre (2) mounted in a tube (3) disposed in at least one mount means (5, 6), a baseplate (9) having at least one angled portion (41, 42), and at least one support member (7, 8) fixedly disposed between said at least one mount means and said at least one angled portion of said baseplate.
An optical telecommunications system using an optical assembly as claimed in any preceding claim.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.