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Optical device module

US6396981B1 · kind B1 · utility

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16Claims
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Filing dateMay 1, 2000
Grant dateMay 28, 2002
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Expiry dateMay 1, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/4206
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical device module including an optical fiber for transmitting light, an optical device for receiving light transmitted through the optical fiber, and a lens member installed between the optical fiber and the optical device, for focusing the light emitted from the optical fiber to the optical device, the lens member having a flat plane facing the optical device and a semi-spherical convex plane facing an end of the optical fiber, and the lens member including a concave portion having a predetermined curvature, for transmitting incident light, formed in the center of the convex plane, a light transmitting region corresponding to the concave portion provided in the center of the flat plane, a first reflecting portion formed on the portion of the convex plane excluding the concave portion, and a second reflecting portion formed on the portion of the flat plane excluding the light transmitting region.

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