Optical waveguides – With disengagable mechanical connector – Optical fiber to a nonfiber optical device connector
Patent
1991-04-29
1992-10-13
Healy, Brian
Optical waveguides
With disengagable mechanical connector
Optical fiber to a nonfiber optical device connector
385 92, 385 88, 385 89, 385 49, 357 80, 357 81, G02B 630, H01L 3902
Patent
active
051557860
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates generally to a new interface and a method for making the same, and more particularly, to an optical fiber interface and a method for making the same. On a substrate having semiconductors, a receiver/transmitter connection is provided to interface with an optical fiber. Integral means for the fiber alignment, support and transit through a sealed environment is also provided. The substrate having the receiver/transmitter secured to it with the optical fiber end, is then enclosed in a housing.
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Ecker Mario E.
Jacobowitz Lawrence
Ahsan Aziz M.
Healy Brian
International Business Machines - Corporation
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