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US 9,804,348 B2Granted
Silicon photonics connector
AssigneeMellanox Technologies, Ltd.
InventorsAvner Badihi, Sylvie Rockman, Elad Mentovich
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Abstract
An optical apparatus, comprising a Silicon Photonics (SiP) device, with multiple optical waveguides and an array of collimating lenses, configured to receive light from the multiple optical waveguides in paths not including optical fibers and to collimate the light of the multiple optical waveguides into collimated beams. A receptacle is configured to receive an external optical device in an orientation aligned with the collimated beams from the array of collimating lenses.
Claims15
Optical apparatus, comprising:
- a Silicon Photonics (SiP) device, which comprises multiple optical waveguides;
- an array of collimating lenses, configured to receive light from the multiple optical waveguides in paths not including optical fibers and to collimate the light of the multiple optical waveguides into collimated beams;
- a connector configured to connect to an external optical device, such that the collimated beams from the array of collimating lenses are optically aligned with an optical path of the external optical device;
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- a light deflection surface which deflects light from the waveguides by an angle greater than 30 degrees, to the array of collimating lenses.
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A method of transmitting an optical signal, comprising:
- generating an optical signal by a Silicon Photonics (SiP) device;
- transmitting the optical signal from the SiP device through a waveguide of the SiP device;
- forwarding the light transmitted from the waveguide to a collimating lens;
- collimating the light by the collimating lens;
- receiving an external optical device in a connector of the SiP device;
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- transmitting the collimated light to the external optical device in the connector,
- wherein forwarding the light transmitted from the waveguide to the collimating lens comprises deflecting the light from the waveguides by an angle greater than 30 degrees, to the collimating lens.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.