Patent · US Expired

Packaged optical devices

US5381494A · kind A · utility

81Cited by

8References

18Claims

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Assignee

Integrated Optical Components Limited · GB

Inventors

Adrian O'Donnell · Ottawa, CA
Jake Dodson · Wuppertal, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 2, 1993
Grant date	Jan 10, 1995
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 2, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/3644
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A packaged optical device with an integrated optical component mounted within a housing which includes an end wall confronting a cheek of the component to which an optical fiber is to be connected to communicate with an internal structure of the component. The wall has an aperture in which is mounted an elongate rigid ferrule through which the optical fiber extends, so that the end faces of the fibre and ferrule are co-planar. After the ferrule has been manipulated externally of the housing to align the fibre with the component structure, the ferrule is secured in position by a UV setting adhesive. The end face of the ferrule may be adhered to the cheek of the component to maintain the alignment.

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