Fiber array module fabrication method and apparatus therefor

An apparatus for fabricating a fiber array module by combining at least one optical fiber ribbon, a fiber array substrate, and a fiber array cover plate, wherein the surface of said optical fibers of said optical fiber ribbon or the surface of said fiber array substrate is coated with a layer of binders or solders, comprising:

• at least two holder bases having locating grooves, wherein said locating grooves are adapted for holding said optical fiber ribbon and for sandwiching said fiber array substrate therebetween, and for aligning said optical fibers extended from said optical fiber ribbon with respective fixing grooves of said fiber array substrate;
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• a heater or a light adapted to cure said binders or to melt said solders to fix said optical fibers of said optical fiber ribbon to said fiber array substrate and said fiber array cover plate.

An apparatus for fabricating a fiber array module by combining at least one optical fiber ribbon, a fiber array substrate, and a fiber array cover plate, wherein the surface of said optical fibers of said optical fiber ribbon or the surface of said fiber array substrate is coated with a layer of binders or solders, comprising:

• at least two holder bases having locating grooves and a plurality of longitudinally extended aligning grooves, wherein said locating grooves are adapted for holding said optical fiber ribbon and for sandwiching said fiber array substrate therebetween, said aligning grooves are adapted for aligning said optical fibers extended from said optical fiber ribbon with respective fixing grooves of said fiber array substrate;
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• a heater or a light adapted for curing said binders or to melting said solders to fix or to fasten said optical fibers of said optical fiber ribbon to said fiber array substrate and said fiber array cover plate solder