Optical interface unit

US7331721B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Optical Communication Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael Dudek · Longmont, US
• Michael L. Tartaglia · Thornton, US
• Carl W. Embry · Boulder, US
• Mark Stiehl · Lafayette, US
• Timothy Bingaman · Thornton, US
• Steven P. Anderson · Calabasas, US
• Dale Isaacson · Idaho Springs, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 8, 2007
• Grant date: Feb 19, 2008
• Expiry date: Jan 8, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/3839
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an optical interface unit provides an interface between an optoelectronic device and industry standard MTP/MPO connectors. The optical interface unit axially aligns the core of a fiber with the optoelectronic device and interfaces that fiber to the standardized connector. In addition, the optical interface unit further provides a standardized interface for visible contact connection between the individual fiber stubs and the terminated fibers in the standardized connector. The optical interface unit therefore maximizes coupling from the optoelectronic device with the standardized connector.