Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Byung-gon Kim

Myeon-soon Hwang

Hong-suk Sun

Suk-chan Lee

Tai-hwan Park

Myoung-Woon Kim

Won-kyu Lim

Man-hwa Kim

Kyeong-won Lim

An apparatus for manufacturing a collimator by attaching a glass tube assembly, which includes a pigtail having a fiber, and a GRIN lens, which is coaxially arranged with the pigtail, into a metal sleeve having a tube shape. The apparatus includes a supporting part, a sleeve grip part connected to the supporting part and having at least one holder for disposing the metal sleeve therein, a fiber chucking part provided above the sleeve grip part and chucking the fiber, and a lift unit lifting and lowering the fiber chucking part to control the glass tube assembly inserted in the metal sleeve to move up and down along a longitudinal direction of the metal sleeve. With this configuration, the glass tube assembly is conveniently fixedly fitted into the metal sleeve.

Apparatus for manufacturing collimator

An apparatus to cleave an optical fiber includes a base plate, a jig slidably provided on the base plate and holding the optical fiber, a stripper provided near the jig, and including a hot plate heating a sheath of the optical fiber, a sheath cutter cleaving the sheath of the optical fiber to be stripped, a cleaning part cleaning the optical fiber after the sheath of the optical fiber is stripped according as the jig slides, and a cleaver provided on the base plate and cleaving the optical fiber whose sheath is stripped by the stripper. With this configuration, an apparatus is provided to cleave an optical fiber, in which stripping and cleaning processes are simultaneously performed in a stripper, so that the whole process of cleaving the optical fiber is decreased, and the structure of the apparatus is simplified without the conventional cleaning part.

Apparatus for cleaving optical fiber

An apparatus to solder a plurality of collimators into a housing formed with a plurality of through holes spaced from each other at a predetermined distance along a longitudinal direction thereof includes a housing accommodating part to accommodate the housing. The apparatus also includes a housing dispensing unit including a housing chucking part to chuck the housing accommodated in the housing accommodating part, and a housing carrying part to carry the housing chucking part to a predetermined soldering position. The apparatus includes a plurality of collimator grip units including grip parts, each to grip the plurality of collimators and move near to and distant from each other relative to the soldering position to insert the plurality of collimators into the housing moved to the soldering position. The apparatus includes a soldering unit disposed adjacent to the soldering position, to solder the plurality of collimators into the housing through the through holes of the housing. Therefore, a soldering apparatus and a method for a collimator, in which a collimator assembly is automatically soldered, reduces time taken to manufacture the collimator assembly and increases reliability of the collimator assembly.

Soldering apparatus and method for a collimator

An automatic collimator manufacturing apparatus includes a loading part being loaded a glass tube, into which a GRIN lens is fixedly inserted, and a pigtail formed with at least one fiber, an angle aligning part allowing the pigtail to be inserted into the glass tube and coaxially aligning the pigtail with the GRIN lens, a spot aligning part controlling an optical property between the pigtail and the GRIN lens, and a dispensing part fixedly attaching the pigtail to the glass tube.

Apparatus for and method of manufacturing a collimator

An apparatus for inspecting a collimator including a pigtail formed with first and second fibers, a GRIN lens disposed coaxially relative to the pigtail, and a glass tube supporting the pigtail and the GRIN lens in a single unit, to inspect optical properties of the collimator, comprising an inspection table; a gripping part, which is provided on the inspection table, gripping the collimator subject to inspection; a light supplying part transmitting a predetermined optical signal to the first fiber; a light receiving part, which is connected to the second fiber, receiving an optical signal returned from the second fiber, entering the first fiber; a measuring part calculating a value of the predetermined optical signal, which entered the first fiber, and a value of the optical signal, which returned from the second fiber; and an image displaying part displaying the value obtained from the measuring part. With this configuration, the collimator can be inspected in part, thereby increasing the product reliability of the collimator.

Apparatus for inspecting collimator

An apparatus to combine a filter to a collimator includes a filter supporting part to support the filter which has one side coated with an adhesive, and a chucking holder provided in a lower part of the filter supporting part to chuck the collimator. The apparatus also includes an elevation part to elevate the chucking holder toward the filter supporting part, and at least one heating part provided in one side of the filter supporting part to heat a region of contact between the collimator and the filter. Thus, a filter combining apparatus for a collimator allows the filter to be easily combined to an end of the collimator.

Apparatus to combine a filter to a collimator

An apparatus for inspecting a collimator including a pigtail to which a fiber is connected to transmit an optical signal, a GRIN lens coaxially arranged with the pigtail, a glass tube accommodating and supporting the pigtail and the GRIN lens, and a metal sleeve protecting the glass tube, comprising an inspection table; a grip part provided on the inspection table, and gripping the collimator to be inspected; a first camera provided over the grip part having an axis perpendicular to a length of the collimator, and photographing the collimator along the length of the collimator; a second camera arranged coaxially with the collimator on the inspection table, and photographing the collimator perpendicular to an axis of the collimator; and a displaying part connected to the first and second camera, and displaying pictures transmitted from the first and second cameras. With this configuration, an apparatus for inspecting a collimator, which can effectively inspect the collimator, is provided, thereby increasing the reliability of the collimator.

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Seoul, South Korea

Byung-gon Kim