Mechanical Socket and Detachable Connectors for Co-Packaged Optics
AssigneeTeramount Ltd.
InventorsAbraham Israel, Hesham Taha, Shay Yulzary, Idan Mor, Guy Livnat
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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for detachable fiber connector (FC) for optical coupling based on a coarse alignment and fine alignment are described. A photonic plug may be horizontally inserted into a receptacle and coarsely aligned with a photonic integrated circuit (PIC). The photonic plug may be moved vertically in the direction of the PIC. First fine alignment features, of the photonic plug, may engage second fine alignment features, associated with the PIC, aligning the photonic plug and the PIC. Systems, Mechanisms, and methods for retaining and for releasing the detachable connectors are also described.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) associated with one or more first fine alignment features;
- a photonic plug configured to be attached to one or more optical fibers, comprising:
- one or more plug coarse alignment features;
- and
- one or more second fine alignment features configured to engage the one or more first fine alignment features finely aligning the one or more optical fibers with the PIC;
- a receptacle configured to receive the photonic plug and to engage the one or more plug coarse alignment features, coarsely aligning the one or more optical fibers and the PIC;
- and
- a retention mechanism configured to substantially retain the photonic plug in the receptacle in relation to the PIC.
A method comprising:
- effecting a detachable optical connection between one or more optical fibers and a photonic integrate circuit (PIC) by:
- coarsely aligning, based on a first horizontal movement of a photonic plug, in relation to a receptacle, the photonic plug with a photonic integrated circuit (PIC), the photonic plug being connected to one or more optical fibers;
- subsequently vertically moving the photonic plug in a direction of the PIC;
- finely aligning, based on the vertical movement, the photonic plug with the PIC.
A method comprising:
- disconnecting a detachable photonic plug from a receptacle and photonic integrated circuit (PIC) by:
- horizontally moving a moveable grip, associated with the photonic plug, causing movement of a first separation surface associated with the photonic plug;
- causing, based on the horizontal movement, an engagement of the first separation surface with a second separation surface of the receptacle;
- and
- based on the engagement of the first separation surface and second separation surface, vertically moving the photonic plug away from the PIC.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.