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US 7,255,492 B2Granted
Electro-optic surface mount light pipe and connector
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsWeston C. Roth, Damion T. Searls, Thomas O. Morgan, James D. Jackson
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Abstract
A method includes providing a light pipe having a metallized end surface, and soldering the metallized end surface of the light pipe to a surface of a substrate. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Claims7
A method comprising:
- providing a light pipe having a metallized end surface and a notch formed in the end surface;
- mounting an optical device on a surface of a circuit board;
- inserting the optical device into the notch in the end surface of the light pipe to optically couple the light pipe to the optical device;
- and
- soldering the metallized end surface of the light pipe to the surface of the circuit board.
2 more elements
An apparatus comprising:
- a circuit board;
- and
- a light pipe mounted on the circuit board by soldering on a metallized surface of the light pipe, said metallized surface at an end of the light pipe, said end of the light pipe having a notch formed therein;
- and
- an optical device mounted on the circuit board and optically coupled to the light pipe, the optical device inserted in the notch formed in the end of the light pipe.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a circuit board;
- and
- a light pipe assembly which includes an n×m array of light pipes, n and m being positive integers, at least one of n and m being greater than one, the light pipe assembly further including at least one member joining the light pipes together so that the light pipes are parallel to each other, each of the light pipes having two metallized surfaces soldered to the circuit board, the two respective metallized surfaces of each light pipe being separated from each other by a respective notch in an end of said each light pipe;
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- an array of optical devices mounted on the circuit board and each optically coupled to a respective one of the light pipes, each of the optical devices inserted in the respective notch in the end of the respective one of the light pipes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.