US 2014/0208562 A1Published application

Method of manufacturing an assembly to couple an optical fiber to an opto-electronic component

AssigneeCCS Technology, Inc.

InventorsJoachim Rudolf Beier, Karsten Contag, Markus Meinelt, Dirk Richter, Angela Rief, Wolfgang Gottfried Tobias Schweiker

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Abstract

An optical fiber having an end section with a front face to couple light in and out of the optical fiber is inserted in an opening of a housing to encase the end section of the optical fiber. The optical fiber is attached to a surface of the housing, wherein the surface forms a boundary of the opening. The front face of the optical fiber is aligned to the opto-electronic device such that light coupled out of the front face of the optical fiber is coupled into the opto-electronic device or light coupled out of the opto-electronic device is coupled into the optical fiber at the front face of the optical fiber.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A method of manufacturing an assembly to couple an optical fiber to an opto-electronic component, comprising:

providing the optical fiber having an end section with a front face to couple light in and out of the optical fiber;
providing a housing to encase the end section of the optical fiber, wherein the housing is formed with an opening to receive the optical fiber;
inserting the optical fiber in the opening such that the end section of the optical fiber is disposed inside the housing;
attaching the optical fiber to a surface of the housing, the surface being arranged to form a boundary of the opening;
and
aligning the front face of the optical fiber to the opto-electronic device such that light coupled out of the front face of the optical fiber is coupled into the opto-electronic device or light coupled out of the opto-electronic device is coupled into the optical fiber at the front face of the optical fiber.

3 more elements

An assembly to couple an optical fiber to an opto-electronic component, comprising:

a substrate with an opto-electronic component disposed thereon;
a housing to encase an end section of an optical fiber, the housing comprising an opening to dispose the end section of the optical fiber inside the housing and a surface being arranged to form a boundary of the opening;
and
the surface being slanted in relation to the substrate such that the end section of the optical fiber is disposed closer to the opto-electronic device than a section of the optical fiber being disposed in the opening of the housing when the optical fiber is disposed inside the housing.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/035,414Filed 24 Sep 2013
Priority: EP 12186590.128 Sep 2012
Published: 31 Jul 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

B23P 19/10
Machines for simply fitting together or separating metal parts or objects, or metal and non-metal parts, whether or not involving some…
G02B 6/4203
For coupling an active element with fibres without intermediate optical elements, e.g. fibres with plane ends, fibres with shaped ends, bundles:…
G02B 6/4214
The coupling comprising intermediate optical elements, e.g. lenses, holograms: the intermediate optical element having redirecting reflective…
G02B 6/4224
Involving a visual detection of the position of the elements, e.g. by using a microscope or a camera: using visual alignment markings, e.g. index…