公开(公告)号：US06819824B1

公开(公告)日：2004-11-16

申请号：US09862220

申请日：2001-05-21

申请人： David Welsh ,  James R. Sechrist ,  John Edward Bowers ,  Adrian Keating ,  Xuezhe Zheng ,  David Kinghorn ,  Bart Erwin ,  Roger Jonathan Helkey ,  Paul Wills

发明人： David Welsh ,  James R. Sechrist ,  John Edward Bowers ,  Adrian Keating ,  Xuezhe Zheng ,  David Kinghorn ,  Bart Erwin ,  Roger Jonathan Helkey ,  Paul Wills

IPC分类号： G02B626

CPC分类号： G02B6/3582 ,  G02B6/3556

摘要： Optical switch packaging techniques and optical switch components are described. In one aspect, an optical switch component that includes a die mounted on an interposer is described. The die has an exposed array of mirrors that can be used as part of an optical switch. Typically, the interposer will also have a fiber array mount arranged to receive a fiber bundle and to position the fiber bundle appropriately over the array of mirrors. In some embodiments, an optical switch can be formed by putting together two mirror image interposer based optical switch components. When placing two interposer based optical switch components together, an alignment frame may be positioned between the interposers to help maintain a desired spacing between the respective arrays of mirrors. In some such embodiments, an inner housing is provided that encloses the dice, the fiber array mounts the alignment frame and portions of the interposers, but leaves connectors mounted on the interposers exposed. An outer housing may optionally be provided to encase the optical switch components and the inner housing. A resilient filler material may also be provided between the inner and outer housings to provide additional protection to the optical switch.

摘要翻译： 描述了光开关封装技术和光开关元件。 在一个方面，描述了包括安装在插入件上的管芯的光开关元件。 裸片具有暴露的反射镜阵列，可用作光开关的一部分。 通常，插入器还将具有布置成接收光纤束并将光纤束适当地定位在镜阵列上的光纤阵列安装座。 在一些实施例中，可以通过将两个基于镜像插入器的光学开关部件组合在一起来形成光学开关。 当将两个基于插入器的光学开关组件放置在一起时，对准框架可以定位在插入件之间，以帮助保持在相应的反射镜阵列之间的期望的间隔。在一些这样的实施例中，提供包围骰子的内壳体， 安装对准框架和插入件的一部分，但是将连接器安装在内插器上。 可以可选地设置外壳以包围光学开关部件和内部壳体。 还可以在内壳体和外壳体之间设置弹性填充材料，以为光开关提供额外的保护。

公开(公告)号：US20070075717A1

公开(公告)日：2007-04-05

申请号：US11633324

申请日：2006-12-04

申请人： David Kinghorn ,  Raffi Garabedian ,  Richard Yabuki ,  Salleh Ismail

发明人： David Kinghorn ,  Raffi Garabedian ,  Richard Yabuki ,  Salleh Ismail

IPC分类号： G01R31/02

CPC分类号： G01R1/07378 ,  H01R12/52 ,  H01R13/24 ,  H01R13/2435 ,  H01R13/2464 ,  H01R13/2485 ,  H05K3/325

摘要： The present invention is directed to an interposer having an interposer substrate with an upper surface and a lower surface and at least one resilient contact element having an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion extends in a substantially vertical fashion above the upper surface of said interposer substrate, and the lower portion extends in a substantially vertical fashion below the lower surface of said interposer substrate. The upper and lower portions of the resilient contact element are substantially resilient in a direction parallel to the substrate.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及具有具有上表面和下表面的插入件基板和至少一个具有上部和下部的弹性接触元件的插入件。 上部部分以大致垂直的方式在所述插入器基板的上表面上方延伸，并且下部部分以基本垂直的方式延伸到所述插入器基板的下表面之下。 弹性接触元件的上部和下部在平行于基底的方向上基本上具有弹性。