Carrier modules for optical subassemblies and methods for assembling optical packages
AssigneeCorning Cable Systems LLC
InventorsMicah Colen Isenhour, Dennis Michael Knecht, Christopher Paul Lewallen, James Phillip Luther, Timothy James Orsley
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Abstract
An optical subassembly includes an optical device assembly including an active device and an optical fiber cable operably connected to the active device that sends optical signals to the active device and receives optical signals from the active device. A carrier module has a cable receiving space that receives the optical fiber cable therein. The carrier module includes a device support structure that supports the active device for placement on a mating surface during controlled manufacturing.
Claims32
An optical subassembly comprising:
- an active optical device assembly comprising
- an active device;
- and
- an optical fiber cable operably connected to the active device that sends optical signals to the active device and receives optical signals from the active device;
- and
- a carrier module including a cable receiving space that receives the optical fiber cable therein, the carrier module including a device support structure that supports the active device for placement on a mating surface during a controlled manufacturing operation.
A method of providing an optical subassembly, the method comprising:
- forming a controlled bending of an optical fiber cable of an active optical device assembly, the controlled bending of the optical fiber cable located within a cable receiving space of a carrier module, the optical fiber cable having a first terminal end operably connected to an active device and a second terminal end located in the cable receiving space;
- and
- supporting the active device using a device support structure of the carrier module for placement on a mating surface during a controlled manufacturing operation.
A pick and place method of connecting an active device to a mating surface, the method comprising:
- positioning an optical subassembly on the mating surface using a pick and place apparatus, the optical subassembly comprising
- an optical device assembly comprising the active device and an optical fiber cable operably connected to the active device that sends optical signals to the active device and receives optical signals from the active device;
- and
- a carrier module having a cable receiving space having the optical fiber cable therein in a bend controlled arrangement, the carrier module including a device support structure that supports the active device for placement on the mating surface;
- and
- operably connecting the active device to the mating surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.