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公开(公告)号:US11181694B2
公开(公告)日:2021-11-23
申请号:US16075274
申请日:2017-02-03
Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA
Inventor: Cristina Lerma Arce , Jan Watté , Roland Simon H. Claes , Yolanda Justo Zarraquinos , Frank Gommaar R. De Voeght
Abstract: An electro-wetting optical device includes an optical switch that uses a coupling region proximate a waveguide in a substrate. The device uses two optical liquids, providing first and second refractive indices respectively. At least one of the optical liquids is deuterated. Under a first switching configuration the first optical liquid is positioned at the coupling region so as to provide a first effective refractive index for light propagating along the first waveguide and under a second switching configuration the second optical liquid is positioned at the coupling region so as to provide a second effective refractive index for light propagating along the first waveguide.
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公开(公告)号:US10788625B2
公开(公告)日:2020-09-29
申请号:US16172050
申请日:2018-10-26
Inventor: Danny Willy August Verheyden , David Donald Erdman , Michael Gurreri , Randall Bobby Paul , Jan Watté , Robert Charles Flaig , Alan Edward Plotts , Michael Aaron Kadar-Kallen , Shelly Ann Buchter , Jan Vandenbroeck , Patrick Billet , Stefano Beri , André Johannes Maria Hilderink , Hernes Jacobs , Petrus Theodorus Rutgers , Petrus Theodorus Krechting , Martijn Johannes Wolbers , Walter Mattheus , Cristian-Radu Radulescu , Paul Vits , Karel Johannes Van Assenbergh , Pieter Cornelis Johan De Jager , Henk Jan Theodoor Van Der Pol
Abstract: A portable device for attaching a connector to an optical fiber, the optical fiber having an end, the device comprising means for receiving the optical fiber at the end of the optical fiber; and a connector station for autonomously attaching the connector to the optical fiber.
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公开(公告)号:US10197745B2
公开(公告)日:2019-02-05
申请号:US15512301
申请日:2015-08-20
Applicant: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
Inventor: Jan Watté , Stefano Beri , Danny Willy August Verheyden , Marcos Sampaio , João De Oliveira Cortez , Juergen Albert Jan Van Erps , Evert Ludwig Bert Ebraert , Yu Lu
Abstract: A self-centering structure (300) for aligning optical fibers (308) desired to be optically coupled together is disclosed. The self-centering structure (300) including a body (310) having a first end (312) and a second end (314). The first end (312) defines a first opening (303) and the second end (314) defines a second opening (304). The self-centering structure (300) includes a plurality of groove structures (306) integrally formed in the body (310) of the self-centering structure for receiving the optical fibers (308) and a fiber alignment region (305) positioned at an intermediate location between the first and second ends (312, 314) to facilitate centering and alignment of the optical fibers (308). The plurality of cantilever members (322) is flexible and configured for urging the optical fibers (308) into their respective groove structures (306).
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公开(公告)号:US11561357B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-24
申请号:US16607019
申请日:2018-04-18
Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA
Inventor: Stefano Beri , Jan Watté , Danny Willy August Verheyden , David Jan Irma Van Baelen
Abstract: Telecommunications assemblies and modules incorporating demateable fiber optic connection interfaces for coupling non-ferrulized optical fibers.
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公开(公告)号:US11489591B2
公开(公告)日:2022-11-01
申请号:US16950725
申请日:2020-11-17
Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA
Inventor: Koen Huybrechts , Jan Watté , Stefano Beri
IPC: H04B10/079 , G02B6/42 , G02B6/38 , G02B6/255
Abstract: A system for monitoring a signal on an optical fiber includes a fiber optic connector having a housing couplable to a receptacle. An optical fiber that transmits a first optical signal has first fiber core at least partially surrounded by a cladding and has a first end terminating proximate the housing. The first optical signal is transmitted along the first fiber core. An optical tap has a first tap waveguide arranged and is configured to receive at least part of the first optical signal as a first tap signal. The first tap waveguide comprises an output port for the first tap signal for directing the tap signal to a detector unit. In other embodiments, a detector unit detects light from the optical signal that is propagating along the fiber cladding.
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公开(公告)号:US10862584B2
公开(公告)日:2020-12-08
申请号:US16735023
申请日:2020-01-06
Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA
Inventor: Koen Huybrechts , Jan Watté , Stefano Beri
IPC: H04B10/079 , G02B6/42 , G02B6/38 , G02B6/255
Abstract: A system for monitoring a signal on an optical fiber includes a fiber optic connector having a housing couplable to a receptacle. An optical fiber that transmits a first optical signal has first fiber core at least partially surrounded by a cladding and has a first end terminating proximate the housing. The first optical signal is transmitted along the first fiber core. An optical tap has a first tap waveguide arranged and is configured to receive at least part of the first optical signal as a first tap signal. The first tap waveguide comprises an output port for the first tap signal for directing the tap signal to a detector unit. In other embodiments, a detector unit detects light from the optical signal that is propagating along the fiber cladding.
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公开(公告)号:US10739519B2
公开(公告)日:2020-08-11
申请号:US15745313
申请日:2016-07-15
Applicant: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
Inventor: Jan Watté , Koen Huybrechts
Abstract: An optical fiber connector includes a coupler (304) having a waveguide section (308) integrally formed with a fiber attachment section (306). At least one waveguide (312) is disposed in the waveguide section and has a core dimension (312a) that is greater at the end of the waveguide at the fiber attachment section. The fiber attachment section (306) has a first surface and at least one recess (310) formed on the first surface for aligning one or more optical fibers (602) with the at least one waveguide (312,612). In an optical fiber component, an optical substrate has a first end and a second end, and at least one waveguide input at the first end and at least one waveguide output at the second end. An integral input portion of the substrate at the first end has one or more input optical fiber alignment elements and an integral output portion of the substrate at the second end has one or more output optical fiber alignment elements. One or more input optical fibers are positioned in the one or more input optical fiber alignment elements. One or more output optical fibers positioned in the one or more output optical fiber alignment elements.
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公开(公告)号:US10557998B2
公开(公告)日:2020-02-11
申请号:US16266839
申请日:2019-02-04
Applicant: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
Inventor: Jan Watté , Stefano Beri , Danny Willy August Verheyden , Marcos Sampaio , João De Oliveira Cortez , Juergen Albert Jan Van Erps , Evert Ludwig Bert Ebraert , Yu Lu
Abstract: A self-centering structure (300) for aligning optical fibers (308) desired to be optically coupled together is disclosed. The self-centering structure (300) including a body (310) having a first end (312) and a second end (314). The first end (312) defines a first opening (303) and the second end (314) defines a second opening (304). The self-centering structure (300) includes a plurality of groove structures (306) integrally formed in the body (310) of the self-centering structure for receiving the optical fibers (308) and a fiber alignment region (305) positioned at an intermediate location between the first and second ends (312, 314) to facilitate centering and alignment of the optical fibers (308). The plurality of cantilever members (322) is flexible and configured for urging the optical fibers (308) into their respective groove structures (306).
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