Coupling arrangement for optically coupling together an OEIC module and optical fibers

US5907649A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Bruno Acklin · Regensburg, DE
• Jan Bellermann · Baldham, DE
• Meinrad Schienle · Ottobrunn, DE
• Martin Honsberg · Munich, DE
• Gustav Muller · Regensburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 26, 1997
• Grant date: May 25, 1999
• Expiry date: Mar 26, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/423
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A coupling arrangement for optically coupling together, in a self-aligning fashion, inputs and outputs of an optoelectronic integrated circuit module and end faces of optical fibers with the module being arranged with a plane support surface flat on a plane bearing surface of a holder for holding fibers and a stopping device is provided for limiting a relative displacement between the module and the holder at a point at which the mutually-assigned end faces and inputs and outputs of the module are situated opposite one another. The electrical contacting of the module is performed by a continuous opening in the holder so that contacts extend through the opening to engage a surface of the module.