Apparatus having optical components and a manufacturing method thereof
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsOsamu Takikawa, Hideto Furuyama
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Abstract
An apparatus having optical components comprising a mounting substrate, an optical fiber held on the mounting substrate, an optical element fixed on the mounting substrate and optically coupled with the optical fiber, and a fixing member for positioning and fixing the optical fiber to the mounting substrate, wherein at least any one of the mounting substrate and the fixing member has a positioning groove for positioning the optical fiber to the optical element, a fixing groove connected to the positioning groove, and a flat bottom shallower than the positioning groove, and the optical fiber is fixed by means of a bonding material applied in the fixing groove and held on the positioning groove.
Claims17
An apparatus having optical components comprising:
- a mounting substrate;
- an optical fiber held on said mounting substrate;
- an optical element fixed on said mounting substrate and optically coupled with said optical fiber;
- and
- a fixing member for positioning and fixing said optical fiber to said mounting substrate,
- wherein at least any one of said mounting substrate and said fixing member has a positioning groove for positioning said optical fiber to said optical element, a fixing groove connected to said positioning groove, and a flat bottom shallower than said positioning groove;
- and said optical fiber is fixed by means of a bonding material applied in said fixing groove and held on said positioning groove.
A method of manufacturing an apparatus having optical components, comprising:
- a first step of forming a positioning groove for positioning an optical fiber on a substrate comprising a single crystal substrate, said positioning groove divided into at least two parts extending along said optical fiber;
- and
- a second step of forming a fixing groove between said divided positioning grooves, said fixing groove connecting said parts of said positioning grooves and filled with a bonding material for fixing an optical fiber.
A method of manufacturing an apparatus having optical components, comprising:
- a first step of forming a fixing groove, in a substrate comprising a single crystal substrate, said fixing groove filled with a bonding material for fixing an optical fiber is encapsulated;
- and
- a second step of forming positioning grooves for positioning an optical fiber, said positioning grooves sandwiching said fixing groove and extending along said optical fiber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.