Compact package structure for fiber optic devices
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsBrian J. Fujimori, Andrew J. Bristol, Thomas B. Mader, Eric J. Shinaver
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Abstract
A fiber-optic device package structure includes at least one, and typically several, optical stage subassemblies, and a housing in which each optical stage subassembly is received in a parallel, facing arrangement. Each optical stage subassembly has a thermnal/structural plate, an annular plurality of turns of a fiber-optic fiber supported on the thermal/structural plate, and a light connector to the fiber-optic fiber. Preferably, the annular plurality of turns is formed as a freestanding annulus of the plurality of turns of the fiber-optic fiber encapsulated within an encapsulant.
Claims20
A fiber-optic device package structure, comprising:
- at least one optical stage subassembly, each optical stage subassembly comprising
- a thermal/structural plate,
- a plurality of turns of a fiber-optic fiber supported on the thermal/structural plate,
- an encapsulant surrounding the turns of the fiber-optic fiber, and
- a light connector to the fiber-optic fiber;
- and
- a housing in which the at least one optical stage subassembly is received, the housing surrounding and enclosing each optical stage subassembly.
A fiber-optic device package structure, comprising:
- a first optical stage subassembly and a second optical stage subassembly, each optical stage subassembly comprising
- a thermal/structural plate,
- an annular plurality of turns of a fiber-optic fiber supported on the thermal/structural plate, and
- a light connector to the fiber-optic fiber;
- and
- a housing in which the first optical stage subassembly and the second optical stage subassembly are received in a parallel, facing arrangement, the housing having a side wall and a support flange extending inwardly from the side wall with one of the optical stage subassemblies being received on the support flange, the housing surrounding and enclosing the first optical stage subassembly and the second optical stage subassembly.
A fiber-optic device package structure, comprising:
- a first optical stage subassembly and a second optical stage subassembly, each optical stage subassembly comprising
- a thermal/structural plate,
- an annular plurality of turns of a fiber-optic fiber supported on the thermal/structural plate, wherein the annular plurality of turns is formed as a freestanding annulus comprising the plurality of turns of the fiber-optic fiber encapsulated within an encapsulant, and
- a light connector to the fiber-optic fiber,
- a light-processing device supported on the thermal/structural plate within a periphery of the annular plurality of turns, and
- an interconnection between the fiber-optic fiber and the light-processing device;
- and
- a housing in which the first optical stage subassembly and the second optical stage subassembly are received in a parallel, facing arrangement, the housing surrounding and enclosing the first optical stage subassembly and the second optical stage subassembly.
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