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US 2003/0155486 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for co-axial alignment through non-coaxial means
AssigneeQuantum Photonics Corporation
InventorsFrankie Rogers, Anthony W. Yu, James Sung Cho, Stewart Wayne Wilson
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Abstract
An optical alignment device is provided comprising a base portion extending the length of the alignment device, a substantially horizontal package mounting portion coupled to the base portion, and a component retaining portion coupled to the base portion.
Claims31
An optical alignment device, comprising:
- a base portion extending the length of said alignment device;
- a substantially horizontal package mounting portion coupled to said base portion;
- and
- a component retaining portion coupled to said base portion.
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A method of coaxial alignment, comprising the steps of:
- positioning an optical component in an optical alignment device, the optical alignment device comprising:
- a base portion extending the length of said alignment device;
- a substantially horizontal package mounting portion coupled to said base portion;
- and
- a substantially vertical component retaining portion coupled to said base portion;
- attaching said substantially horizontal package mounting portion to a package;
- and
- attaching said optical component to said substantially vertical component retaining portion.
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A coaxial alignment and attachment clip for single side optical component attachment, comprising:
- a component loading section, said component loading section allowing said optical component to be adjustable by at least one of:
- (1) rotationally about a central axis of said optical component;
- (2) slidably along a length of said optical component;
- and (3) slidably along a height of said optical component;
- and
- a package fixation section attached to said component loading section for fixing a package to the clip.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.