Optical connector
AssigneeOptics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHee Dae Kim, Hyun Sik Lee
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Abstract
An optical connector is provided. The optical connector includes: an optical fiber line fixing block including an insertion groove in which an end portion of an optical fiber line is inserted; and a submount including first guide-walls determining a position of the optical fiber line fixing block and second guide-walls determining a position of an optical device to be connected to the optical fiber line, wherein the optical fiber line fixing block and the optical device are automatically aligned by the first guide-walls and the second guide-walls.
Claims19
An optical connector comprising:
- an optical fiber line fixing block comprising an insertion groove in which an end portion of an optical fiber line is inserted;
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- a submount comprising a single plane on which the optical fiber line fixing block and an optical device to be connected to the optical fiber line are disposed together, and comprising first guide-walls determining a position of the optical fiber line fixing block by surrounding the optical fiber line fixing block and second guide-walls determining a position of an optical device by surrounding the optical device,
- wherein the optical fiber line fixing block and the optical device are automatically aligned by the first guide-walls and the second guide-walls,
- wherein the insertion groove is a gap formed between a plurality of third guide-walls formed of different materials from the optical fiber line fixing block and protrude from the optical fiber line fixing block,
- wherein the first guide-walls and the second guide-walls are formed of different materials from the submount and protrude from the single plane of the submount,
- wherein the first guide-walls and the second guide-walls are located at positions outside an optical path connecting the optical fiber line and the optical device,
- wherein the optical connector further comprises a reflection plate disposed on an end portion of the optical fiber line, and a support disposed on an upper portion of the optical device so as to support the reflection plate,
- wherein an angle of the reflection plate with respect to a longitudinal end surface of the optical fiber line is a function of the position of the support.
An optical connector connecting a plurality of optical fiber lines and a plurality of optical devices, the optical connector comprising:
- a reflection plate disposed on end portions of the optical fiber lines;
- an optical fiber fixing block comprising insertion grooves in which end portions of the optical fiber lines are inserted;
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- a submount comprising first guide-walls determining a position of the optical fiber fixing block by surrounding the optical fiber line fixing block and second guide-walls determining positions of the optical devices by surrounding the optical devices,
- wherein the submount further comprises a single plane on which the optical fiber line fixing block and the optical devices to be connected to the optical fiber lines are disposed,
- wherein the first guide-walls and the second guide-walls are formed of different materials from the submount and protrude from the single plane of the submount,
- wherein the first guide-walls and the second guide-walls are located at positions outside an optical path connecting the optical fiber lines and the optical devices,
- wherein the optical connector further comprises supports disposed on upper portions of the optical devices so as to support the reflection plate,
- wherein an angle of the reflection plate with respect to longitudinal end surfaces of the optical fiber lines is a function of the positions of the supports.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.