AU6008794A - Optical connector - Google Patents

Optical connector

Info

Publication number: AU6008794A
Authority: AU; Australia
Prior art keywords: optical connector; connector; optical
Prior art date: 1993-02-17
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Abandoned

Application number

AU60087/94A

Inventor

Simon George Preston Meadowcroft

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

BT&D Technologies Ltd

Original Assignee

BT&D Technologies Ltd

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1993-02-17

Filing date

1994-02-16

Publication date

1994-09-14

1994-02-16 Application filed by BT&D Technologies Ltd filed Critical BT&D Technologies Ltd

1994-09-14 Publication of AU6008794A publication Critical patent/AU6008794A/en

Status Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
- G02B6/4201—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
- G02B6/4202—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details for coupling an active element with fibres without intermediate optical elements, e.g. fibres with plane ends, fibres with shaped ends, bundles
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
- G02B6/4201—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
- G02B6/4204—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details the coupling comprising intermediate optical elements, e.g. lenses, holograms
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
- G02B6/4201—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
- G02B6/4219—Mechanical fixtures for holding or positioning the elements relative to each other in the couplings; Alignment methods for the elements, e.g. measuring or observing methods especially used therefor
- G02B6/422—Active alignment, i.e. moving the elements in response to the detected degree of coupling or position of the elements
- G02B6/4225—Active alignment, i.e. moving the elements in response to the detected degree of coupling or position of the elements by a direct measurement of the degree of coupling, e.g. the amount of light power coupled to the fibre or the opto-electronic element
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
- G02B6/4292—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements the light guide being disconnectable from the opto-electronic element, e.g. mutually self aligning arrangements

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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Optics & Photonics (AREA)
Mechanical Coupling Of Light Guides (AREA)
Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)

AU60087/94A 1993-02-17 1994-02-16 Optical connector Abandoned AU6008794A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB939303169A GB9303169D0 (en)	1993-02-17	1993-02-17	Optical connector
GB9303169		1993-02-17
PCT/GB1994/000313 WO1994019718A1 (en)	1993-02-17	1994-02-16	Optical connector

Publications (1)

Publication Number	Publication Date
AU6008794A true AU6008794A (en)	1994-09-14

Family

ID=10730577

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
AU60087/94A Abandoned AU6008794A (en)	1993-02-17	1994-02-16	Optical connector

Country Status (5)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP0636253A1 (en)
JP (1)	JPH08500195A (en)
AU (1)	AU6008794A (en)
GB (1)	GB9303169D0 (en)
WO (1)	WO1994019718A1 (en)

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DE19641395A1 (en) *	1996-08-28	1998-05-28	Siemens Ag	Method for manufacturing an electro-optical module
EP1284428A3 (en) *	2001-08-17	2004-04-28	Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH	Device for coupling an optical fiber with a diode, and assembly method
EP1316827A1 (en) *	2001-12-03	2003-06-04	Agilent Technologies, Inc. (a Delaware corporation)	Coupling arrangement and method therefore
ATE527961T1 (en)	2004-01-09	2011-10-15	Stephan Clasen	MEDICAL SUCTIONER
KR101490157B1 (en)	2013-04-08	2015-02-05	전자부품연구원	Optical transceiver module
JP6054468B2 (en) *	2015-05-19	2016-12-27	Ｎｔｔエレクトロニクス株式会社	Optical module
CA3205767A1 (en) *	2021-01-26	2022-08-04	Scott G. Blanc	Active optical cables

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JPS5550203A (en) *	1978-10-06	1980-04-11	Nec Corp	Plug-in type optical connector
DE3118489A1 (en) *	1981-05-09	1982-11-25	Bunker Ramo Corp., 60521 Oak Brook, Ill.	CONNECTOR FOR LIGHTWAVE GUIDE
US4461537A (en) *	1981-12-24	1984-07-24	Molex Incorporated	Fiber optic connector assembly

1993
- 1993-02-17 GB GB939303169A patent/GB9303169D0/en active Pending
1994
- 1994-02-16 EP EP94906337A patent/EP0636253A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1994-02-16 AU AU60087/94A patent/AU6008794A/en not_active Abandoned
- 1994-02-16 WO PCT/GB1994/000313 patent/WO1994019718A1/en not_active Ceased
- 1994-02-16 JP JP6518739A patent/JPH08500195A/en active Pending

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
JPH08500195A (en)	1996-01-09
WO1994019718A1 (en)	1994-09-01
GB9303169D0 (en)	1993-03-31
EP0636253A1 (en)	1995-02-01

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