Coupling device for connecting an optical fiber to an optical transmitting or receiving unit and transmitting or receiving device having a coupling device

US6568862B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Schulz · Berlin, DE
• Jorg-Reinhardt Kropp · Berlin, DE
• Jens Stephan · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 30, 2001
• Grant date: May 27, 2003
• Expiry date: Oct 30, 2021

Classification

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

Abstract

A coupling device is for coupling an optical fiber to an optical transmitting or receiving unit. The coupling device can be included in a transmitting or receiving device. The coupling device to be can be one piece, formed of a nonconductive material, and, for the optical transmitting or receiving unit, can be mounted directly on a section projecting like a step or a contact-making face applied thereto. The flattened surface of the section projects like a step and has a longitudinal notch for positioning the transmitting or receiving unit.