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Optical waveguide module having a waveguide affixed thereto at a first bonding strength and optical fibers affixed thereto at a second bonding strength

US5463708A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 22, 1994
Grant dateOct 31, 1995
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Expiry dateJun 22, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/30
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention is directed to an optical waveguide module which is arranged to be free from a breakage of a coupling part of an optical waveguide and optical fibers which are housed in a housing and deviation of an optical axis at this coupling part even though a tensile force is applied to optical fibers. A waveguide board having an optical waveguide is housed in a housing and an optical connector to which bare optical fibers are connected is bonded to an end face of the waveguide board to form a first holding part. An optical fiber conductor and an optical fiber tape are introduced into the housing through a side wall of the housing, and the covering parts of the optical fiber conductor and an optical fiber tape are bonded to the side wall of the housing with a bonding agent to form a second holding part. The bonding strength of the second holding part is determined to be larger than the bonding strength of the first holding part.

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