Optical waveguide component
US6257769A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 25, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 10, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 25, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/389
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical waveguide component includes an optical waveguide chip formed with an optical waveguide, first and second connecting end members mounted on opposite end portions of the waveguide chip, housings for protecting the waveguide chip, and first and second receptacles mounted to end faces of the housings. When optical connector plugs are inserted into connector-plug accommodation holes of the first and second receptacles, the connector plugs are adequately positioned in the connector-plug accommodation holes by means of a guiding function of these holes, so that guide pins projecting from tip end faces of the connecting end members are fitted into guide-pin accommodation holes formed in the connector plugs, whereby optical fibers held by the connector plugs and the waveguide of the waveguide component are connected accurately and easily.
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