Method for producing an optical splitter cascade and optical assembly

US9069134B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• LEONI KABEL GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Ludwig Ross · Klein-Winternheim, DE
• Stefan Kufner · Laubach, DE
• Maria Kufner · Sonnefeld, DE
• Wolfgang Foss · Kronau, DE
• Marco Bock · Magdeburg, DE
• Frank Baetz · Rüthen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 16, 2012
• Grant date: Jun 30, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 1, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49826
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An optical assembly, which is in particular in the form of a splitter component with a so-called splitter forming a passive optical component, is produced particularly inexpensively. In a first step a plurality of splitters are produced on a common wafer by forming a corresponding conductor track pattern. In a second step optical fibers are coupled simultaneously to the connection sides of the individual splitters with the aid of a connection carrier. Then, in a third step the individual splitters with the connection carriers connected thereto are separated form one another. Only one common coupling operation for a large number of splitters is required. The splitters may then be connected to form a splitter cascade.