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US 5,913,002 AGranted
Optical coupling device for passive alignment of optoelectronic devices and fibers
AssigneeThe Whitaker Corporation
InventorChing-Long Jiang
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Abstract
A passive alignment scheme for aligning surface emitting/detecting optical electronic devices to optical fibers through the use of a mini-MT ferrule used in a RJ connector by way of silicon waterboard technology. The mini-MT ferrule has guide pins which are use to align the optical fiber ultimately to the optoelectronic device.
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An optoelectronic transceiver, comprising:
- a ferrule having a transmission optical fiber and a reception optical fiber disposed therein;
- an optical coupler disposed adjacent to said ferrule and in optical communication with said optical fibers;
- a substrate having an optoelectronic surface emitting device and an optoelectronic surface detecting device disposed thereon, said optoelectronic detecting device and said optoelectronic emitting device in optical communication with said optical coupler;
- selectively disposed holes in said coupler and said substrate;
- and guide pins for aligning said coupler to said substrate, said pins being disposed in said holes.
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