Opto-mechanical coupler

US10088639B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. · IL

Inventors

• Elad Mentovich · Tel Aviv-Yafo, IL
• Itshak Kalifa · Ramat Gan, IL
• Sylvie Rockman · Jerusalem, IL
• Alon Webman · Nes Ziona, IL
• Amir Prescher · Shoham, IL
• Evelyn Landman · Haifa, IL
• Anna Sandomirsky · Nesher, IL
• Eitan Zahavi · Jerusalem, IL
• Yaakov Gridish · Yoqneam Illit, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 2016
• Grant date: Oct 2, 2018
• Expiry date: Jun 28, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/43
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An opto-mechanical coupler and corresponding method are provided. The coupler may include a first end and a second end configured to receive optical fibers and a top surface and bottomed surface defining a through hole extending between the top and bottom surfaces. The coupler may include a reflective surface that redirects the optical signals between a first direction and a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The coupler may position one or more optical fibers along a second direction such that an optical signal from the plurality of optoelectronic transceivers is directed into one or more optical fibers or an optical signal from the one or more optical fibers is directed into a plurality of the optoelectronic transceivers, with the coupler accommodating different diameters of optical fiber including POF, SMF, and/or MMF fiber.