Patent · US Active

Optical device, optical connector assembly, and optical connecting method

US9429711B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Shigeru Nakagawa · Tokyo, JP
Hidetoshi Numata · Kawasaki, JP
Yoichi Taira · Tokyo, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 13, 2015
Grant date	Aug 30, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 13, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49826
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical device includes a substrate including a waveguide array formed therein, each waveguide having a reflective surface; a lens array unit including a waveguide-side lens array arranged facing the waveguide array so each lens of the lens array is aligned with the corresponding reflective surface; and a connector unit including an optical transmission path-side lens array arranged and fixed so each lens of the lens array is aligned with the corresponding lens in the waveguide-side lens array, the plurality of inserted optical transmission paths aligned with the corresponding lens in the optical transmission path-side lens array.

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