| US 7,517,159 B1 | ||
| Two substrate parallel optical sub-assembly | ||
| David R. Rolston, Beaconsfield (Canada); Richard Mainardi, Montréal (Canada); Shao-Wei Fu, Montréal (Canada); and Robert Varano, Montréal-Nord (Canada) | ||
| Assigned to Reflex Photonics Inc., Montréal, Québec (Canada) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 27, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/862,594. | ||
| Int. Cl. G02B 6/36 (2006.01); G02B 6/30 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 385—89 [385/49; 385/91] | 15 Claims |
| 1. An optical assembly comprising:
a structure for guiding light;
a plurality of optical fibers embedded in a fixed arrangement in the structure, each of the optical fibers having a coupling
surface for coupling light from a coupling side of the structure; and
a plurality of packages abutted against the coupling surface, adjacent to each other and spaced apart to form at least one
gap, each one of the packages comprising an element, the element being substantially aligned with the coupling surface of
at least one of the optical fibers, the at least one gap having a non-constant width along a length thereof in order to allow
said element for each one of the plurality of packages to be aligned with the coupling surface of the corresponding one of
the optical fibers.
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