Systems and methods for aligning an optical interface assembly with an integrated circuit

US9473239B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Corning Cable Systems LLC · US

Inventors

• Douglas Llewellyn Butler · Corning, US
• Ying Geng · Bellevue, US
• Micah Colen Isenhour · Lincolnton, US
• Christopher Paul Lewallen · Hudson, US
• James Phillip Luther · Hickory, US
• Andreas Matiss · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 26, 2013
• Grant date: Oct 18, 2016
• Expiry date: Dec 18, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/3898
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Systems and methods of aligning an optical interface assembly with an integrated circuit (IC) are disclosed. The method includes emitting light from an optical transmitter, passing the emitted light through the optical interface assembly in a first direction, and reflecting the emitted light from a reflective surface disposed immediately adjacent a front end of the optical interface assembly to define reflected light that travels back through the optical interface assembly in a second direction that is substantially opposite the first direction. The reflected light is received by an optical receiver that generates in response a receiver signal. The relative position of the optical interface assembly and the IC is adjusted to achieve an aligned position based on the receiver signal. The disclosure is also directed to a test plug for aligning an optical interface assembly to the IC.