Optical connector and circuit board assemblies
AssigneeXyratex Technology Limited
InventorPaul Stevens
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Abstract
An exemplary optical connector assembly may include a substrate of an optical printed circuit board (OPCB) with at least one optical device thereon, the substrate including one or more recesses, an optical connector with one or more alignment members for coupling an end of an optical waveguide to the optical device, and one or more inserts, each having an orifice for receiving one of the one or more alignment members and each arranged to be received in one of the one or more recesses. When assembled, the one or more inserts may be received in the one or more recesses and the one or more alignment members may be received in the orifices of the one or more inserts thereby coupling the optical waveguide to the substrate to form the exemplary optical connector assembly.
Claims20
An assembly comprising:
- an optical connector comprising a main body and one or more alignment members extending from the main body, the main body comprising a plurality of connector waveguides;
- an optical printed circuit board (OPCB) comprising a substrate, the substrate comprising a plurality of circuit waveguides corresponding to the plurality of connector waveguides and defining one or more recesses;
- and
- one or more inserts coupled to and located within the one or more recesses of the substrate, each insert configured to receive an alignment member of the optical connector to align the plurality of connector waveguides with the plurality of circuit waveguides when the optical connector is coupled to the OPCB.
A circuit board comprising:
- a substrate comprising a plurality of circuit waveguides corresponding to a plurality of connector waveguides of an optical connector and defining one or more recesses;
- and
- one or more inserts coupled to and located within the one or more recesses of the substrate, each insert defining an orifice configured to receive an alignment member of the optical connector to align the plurality of connector waveguides with the plurality of circuit waveguides when the optical connector is coupled to the substrate.
A method comprising:
- providing an optical connector comprising a main body and one or more alignment members extending from the main body, the main body comprising a plurality of connector waveguides;
- providing a substrate, the substrate comprising a plurality of circuit waveguides corresponding to the plurality of connector waveguides;
- defining one or more recesses in the substrate;
- and
- adding one or more inserts to the one or more recesses of the substrate, each insert configured to receive an alignment member of the optical connector to align the plurality of connector waveguides with the plurality of circuit waveguides when the optical connector is coupled to the substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.