Passive platform for holding optical components
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsJeffrey A. DeMeritt, Cynthia A. Kubissa
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Abstract
A passive platform for holding optical components includes a raised loading area comprising a series of finger members disposed along the platform floor, the finger members abutting each other and defining between them tunnels for holding optical components in place. A coil guide member projects upward from the floor abutting the raised loading area, the outer perimeter of the coil guide and the raised loading area defining a racetrack region of the floor for winding optical fiber leads extending from optical components being held in the tunnels, the optical fiber passing between the finger members and around the racetrack.
Claims15
A platform for receiving optical components, comprising:
- a substrate having a surface;
- a plurality of fingers disposed along said surface for holding said optical components in a plurality of predetermined positions;
- and
- a coil guide projecting upwards from said surface adjacent to at least one of said plurality of fingers, wherein said coil guide and said plurality of fingers define a path for the winding of optical fibers;
- wherein each of said plurality of fingers is adjacent to at least one other of said plurality of fingers, said adjacent fingers defining between them a cavity for securing said optical components.
A platform for receiving optical components, comprising:
- a surface;
- a plurality of fingers disposed along said surface for holding said optical components in a plurality of predetermined positions;
- and
- a coil guide projecting upwards from said surface adjacent to at least one of said plurality of fingers, wherein said coil guide and said plurality of fingers define a path for the winding of optical fibers;
- wherein each of said plurality of fingers is adjacent to at least one other of said plurality of fingers, said adjacent fingers defining between them a cavity for securing said optical components.
A method for making an optical device comprising the steps of:
- positioning a first optical component in a receiving platform, said first optical component having a plurality of optical waveguide fiber leads;
- positioning a second optical component in said receiving platform, said second optical component having a plurality of optical waveguide fiber leads;
- selecting one of said plurality of optical waveguide fiber leads of said first optical component;
- selecting one of said plurality of optical waveguide fiber leads of said second optical component;
- selecting a splice point on each on said selected leads;
- splicing said selected leads to one another, said splicing occurring at said selected splice points;
- and
- storing said spliced leads on said receiving platform;
- wherein said receiving platform comprises:
- a surface;
- a plurality of fingers disposed along said surface for holding said optical components in a plurality of predetermined positions;
- and
- a coil guide projecting upwards from said surface adjacent to at least one of said plurality of fingers, wherein said coil guide and said plurality of fingers define a path for the winding of optical fibers;
- wherein each of said plurality of fingers is adjacent to at least one other of said plurality of fingers, said adjacent fingers defining between them a cavity for securing said optical components.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.