Arrayed optical fiber connector
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorKenichi Nakaya
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Abstract
An arrayed optical fiber connector for positioning multiple optical fibers to align the end faces of the optical fibers with multiple optical axes at a given input/output face of light is constructed as a board that includes a groove in which the multiple optical fibers are disposed in a given alignment arrangement; a fixing member that is received in the groove and is laid with the multiple optical fibers in a given alignment arrangement; and a fixing plate that is fixed on the surface of the board in which the groove is formed and fixes the multiple optical fibers and the fixing members inside the groove while securing the given alignment arrangement of the multiple optical fibers and the fixing members.
Claims8
An arrayed optical fiber connector for positioning multiple optical fibers each having a core and a cladding to align the end faces of the optical fibers with multiple fiber axes at a given input/output face of light, comprising:
- a board that includes a groove in which said multiple optical fibers are disposed in a given alignment arrangement;
- a plurality of fixing members that are received in said groove such that all of said fixing members are on and above said multiple optical fibers in a given alignment arrangement for absorbing any positional deviations between the respective optical fibers and said groove and none of said fixing members is below any one of said optical fibers;
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- a fixing plate that is fixed on the surface of the board in which said groove is formed and fixes said multiple optical fibers and said fixing members inside said groove while securing the given alignment arrangement of said optical fibers and said fixing members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.