Optical waveguides – With disengagable mechanical connector – Optical fiber to a nonfiber optical device connector
Patent
1992-01-07
1993-01-26
Lee, John D.
Optical waveguides
With disengagable mechanical connector
Optical fiber to a nonfiber optical device connector
385 88, G02B 642
Patent
active
051827824
ABSTRACT:
A waferboard assembly incorporates mechanical registration features into a substrate platform to facilitate the passive alignment of lasers integrated on a chip to fibers in integral contact with the substrate. The waferboard includes two front pedestal structures and one side pedestal structure, and two vertical post structures within a mounting region defined by the pedestal structures. The laser chip is mounted on the vertical post structures, and placed in concurrent abutting contact with the pedestal structures. The waferboard is fabricated by etching the substrate to form the front and side pedestal structures, and etching the substrate to define the grooves. In order to form the post structures, a polyimide material is deposited on the substrate using an appropriate mask.
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Armiento Craig A.
Cataldo Victor
Chirravuri Jagannath
Fitzgerald Thomas W.
Haugsjaa Paul O.
GTE Laboratories Incorporated
Heartney Phan T.
Lee John D.
Lohmann, III Victor F.
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