Method for assembly of an optical fiber connective device
AssigneeAT&T Bell Laboratories
InventorsTheodore Sizer, II, James A. Walker
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Abstract
An optical fiber connective device enables one or more optical fiber(s) to be precisely mounted, essentially perpendicular, to a substrate. The connective device includes a support plate having holes with optical fiber(s) precisely mounted there through. The support plate, with mounted optical fiber(s), is then inserted into aligned holes in the substrate and attached to the substrate. The precise mounting of the connective device to the substrate enables optional coupling of optical signals from the optical fiber(s) to optoelectronic chips mounted over holes of the substrate.
Claims14
A method of mounting one or more fibers to a planar substrate, comprising the steps of
- inserting said fibers through aligned holes of a support plate and a dummy substrate, a thickness of said dummy substrate having a predetermined ratio to a thickness of said planar substrate,
- shortening the length of said fibers to a first surface of said dummy substrate,
- mounting said fibers to said support plate,
- removing said support plate with mounted fibers from said dummy substrate,
- inserting said fibers into aligned holes of said planar substrate, and
- attaching said support plate to said planar substrate.
A method of mounting one or more fibers to a planar substrate, comprising the steps of
- inserting said fibers through aligned holes of a support plate and a dummy substrate until a predetermined stop position is reached,
- mounting said fibers to said support plate,
- removing said support plate with mounted fibers from said dummy substrate,
- inserting said fibers into aligned holes of said planar substrate, and
- attaching said support plate to said planar substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.