Single mode fiber array connector for opto-electronic transceivers

US9435965B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Chris Togami · San Jose, US
• Soham Pathak · Allentown, US
• Kalpendu Shastri · Orefield, US
• Bipin Dama · Bound Brook, US
• Vipulkumar Patel · Emmaus, US
• Ravinder Kachru · Los Altos Hills, US
• Kishor Desai · Fremont, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 31, 2013
• Grant date: Sep 6, 2016
• Expiry date: Jun 13, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/4214
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An apparatus for providing single mode optical signal coupling between an opto-electronic transceiver and a single mode optical fiber array takes the form of a lens array and a ferrule component. The lens array includes a plurality of separate lens element disposed to intercept a like plurality of single mode optical output signal from the opto-electronic transceiver and provide as an output a focused version thereof. The ferrule component includes a plurality of single mode fiber stubs that are passively aligned with the lens array and support the transmission of the focused, single mode optical output signals towards the associated single mode optical fiber array.