Optical device module

US6769819B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KYOCERA Corporation · JP

Inventors

• Tsuyoshi Tanaka · Kyoto, JP
• Daisuke Komada · Ebeye, US
• Shiro Yonekura · Nagano, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 28, 2001
• Grant date: Aug 3, 2004
• Expiry date: Mar 28, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/4271
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An optical device module is provided which includes an optical device, an optical fiber an end of which is optically coupled to the optical device, a package containing the optical device and the optical fiber, and an insertion tube fixed air-tightly through the wall of the package, the optical fiber extending through the insertion tube out of the package, wherein the end portion of the optical fiber is offset with respect to the fixed portion, by the insertion tube, of the optical fiber to bend the optical fiber between the end portion and the fixed portion of the optical fiber, then avoiding the displacement of the end of the fiber to be coupled to the optical device due to a change in environment temperatures of the module, and minimize the temperature dependence of device performance. Further, the optical device module may be fabricated such that the end portion of the optical fiber is fixed to a ferrule which is fixed to a ferrule holder which is capable to be deformed plastically, whereby the optical axes of the optical device and the end of the optical fiber can readily be adjusted accurately after assembly.