Optical, beam-splitting component and a method for producing a prism carrier plate for such a component

US5898803A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Roland Mueller-Fiedler · Leonberg, DE
• Klaus Mayer · Prien am Chiemsee, DE
• Wolf-Henning Rech · Griesheim, DE
• Heiner Hauer · Fellbach, DE
• Albrecht Kuke · Auenwald, DE
• Thomas Schwander · Neuss, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 25, 1997
• Grant date: Apr 27, 1999
• Expiry date: Apr 25, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/4231
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An optical, beam-splitting component has a prism carrier plate which supports a prism member upon which a deflecting layer is applied. At the same time, the prism member juts into a groove between two optical waveguides carrying the light signals.