Patent · US Expired

Method of assembling multi-grooved silicon chip fiber optic terminations

US4998796A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 27, 1990
Grant dateMar 12, 1991
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Expiry dateFeb 27, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/3833
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Described is a method for assembling multi-fiber array connectors. V-grooved silicon chips are placed in a holder which allows the chips to "float" with respect to each other and adjust to varying fiber diameters. Once the fibers are inserted, the chips are clamped and cemented together with the fibers fixed in the grooves.

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