Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Finisar Corporation

Frank Meyer-Guldner

Andreas Steffensen

Mathias Grumm

Georg Jeiter

Oliver Olze

A coupling unit for coupling an optical transmitting and/or receiving module to an optical fiber connector. The coupling unit has a connecting region, which can be connected to a transmitting and/or receiving module, a receiving region, which receives an optical fiber connector, and a glass component, via which light is coupled directly between an optical fiber inserted into the receiving region and a coupled-on transmitting and/or receiving module. In this case, the coupling unit is formed as a plastic part apart from the glass component. The glass component is introduced into a bore in the plastic part.

Coupling unit for coupling an optical transmitting and/or receiving module to an optical fiber connector

An optical module includes a holding body for an optical component. The holding body is accommodated in a housing and provided with a flange. A plastic U-shaped latching device is held on the holding body and includes a base part having tongues with catches. In order to provide the module with a high reverse bending strength with reference to the tongues, the latching device is held on the flange with the aid of nose-like attachments of the housing in a transition region between the respective tongue and the base part.

Optical module

The electro-optical module has a substrate with a mounting surface that is free from depressions. A surface-mounted component unit is disosed on the mounting surface. The component unit contains as integral components an electro-optical component and a lens which are aligned directly with one another. The surface serves, furthermore, as a reference plane for assembling a receptacle for an optical fiber plug.

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Berlin, Germany

Frank Meyer-Guldner