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Optical fiber component for connection and manufacturing method thereof

US6985667B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 19, 2002
Grant dateJan 10, 2006
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/4472
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This invention provides an optical fiber wiring board having excellent optical property, high reliability and high mounting property. This invention relates to an optical fiber component for connection having a substrate on which a plurality of optical fibers being wired, wherein a foam polymer layer is provided on a surface of the substrate wiring the optical fibers, or both on a surface of the substrate wiring the optical fibers and on a surface opposite to the surface of the substrate wiring the optical fibers, or so that whole of substrate is covered. The optical fiber component of the present invention may be further provided with a protective layer and may be filled with a filler. This invention provides also a manufacturing method of the optical fiber component for connection.

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