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US 6,272,272 B1Granted
Multiple collimated-beam photonics package
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorJoseph E. Ford
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Abstract
A collimated-beam photonics package wherein the plurality of optical fibers and imaging devices are held in a parallel spaced array in a first holder and a plurality of surface-normal optic devices are held in a corresponding spaced array in a second holder. The first and second holders have complementary exterior features so that the first and second holders are securable to each other with the respective arrays being registered one with the other.
Claims12
A collimated-beam photonics package comprising:
- a plurality of optical fibers;
- a plurality of imaging devices;
- a first holder arranged to hold end segments of the plurality of optical fibers in a parallel spaced array, and to hold the plurality of imaging devices with one or more optical fibers in alignment with each of the plurality of imaging devices;
- a plurality of membrane tilt-mirror switches;
- and
- a second holder arranged to hold said plurality of membrane tilt-mirror switches in a spaced array corresponding to the parallel spaced array of the plurality of optical fibers;
- wherein the first and second holders are formed with complementary exterior features so that the first and second holders are securable one to the other with each imaging device in optical communication with a respective membrane tilt-mirror switch.
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A collimated-beam photonics package comprising:
- a plurality of optical fibers;
- a plurality of imaging devices;
- a first holder arranged to hold end segments of the plurality of optical fibers in a parallel spaced array, and to hold the plurality of imaging devices with one or more optical fibers in alignment with each of the plurality of imaging devices, wherein the plurality of imaging devices are exposed at a forward mating end of the first holder and wherein the first holder is formed with a first complementary exterior feature including a defined peripheral exterior configuration surrounding the forward mating end;
- a plural city of surface-normal optic devices;
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- a second holder arranged to hold said plurality of optic devices in a spaced array corresponding to the parallel spaced array of the plurality of optical fibers, wherein the second holder is formed with a second complementary exterior feature including a block having a lateral surface configured complemental to the defined peripheral configuration of the first holder;
- whereby the respective complementary exterior features of the first and second holders are formed so that the first and second holders are securable one to the other with each imaging device in optical communication with a respective optic device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.