ALIGNMENT STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR COPACKAGED OPTICAL CONNECTOR

Abstract: an apparatus for aligning a fiber array unit (fau) connector with a photonic integrated circuit (pic) includes an aligner having a front section and a bottom section respectively joined with two side sections spaced apart by a first distance. the front section and the bottom section are partially removed to expand a semi-confined open space between the two side sections for receiving a shelf extended out beyond a lens at a side edge of a pic chip. the shelf has an alignment feature associated with the lens. the front section is configured as a support bar positioned on a surface of the pic chip. the semi-confined open space between the two side sections allows a body of the fau connector to be loaded down from top to sit on the shelf in the semi-confined open space and be aligned with the lens through the alignment feature.

Inventor(s): David Meadowcroft, Hari Potluri, Han Peng Goh, Gary Fong Kem Goon, Heng Seng Low

CPC Classification: G02B6/30 (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS)

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