Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Helmut Haltenorth

Detlef Haberland

Hans-Ludwig Althaus

Werner Spaeth

Klaus Panzer

Herbert Prussas

Franz Taumberger

Ferdinand Frenkel

Michael Kaindl

Michael Langenwalter

Lothar Spaeter

Evelyn Keil

Joachim Bialas

Ewald Hoermann

Rudolf Falkenstein

Edmund Sobota

Bernd Seibert

Hans G Rosen

With a light waveguide feedthrough for optoelectronic modules a light waveguide fiber (1) is guided hermetically tight and mechanically stable, in particular long-term stable, directly through a module housing wall. The light waveguide fiber (1) is compression glazed in the housing-side front portion of a relatively thick-walled metal tubule (2) without external coating (5) and affixed by adhesion in its rear portion. An application of the light waveguide feedthrough according to the invention is in optoelectronic transducer modules.

Light waveguide feedthrough for optoelectronic modules and method for

An optical separating module is provided with both an interference beam-splitter and a filter layer whose transmission characteristics correspond to each other. Both layers are vapor deposited with the filter layer being deposited on the optical fiber end face which is subsequently to be coupled to an optoelectrical transducer forming a receiver.

Optical separating module

A method for the attachment and adjustment of a glass fiber end section in which a single monomode glass fiber end section--within a protective housing in the optical active direction of an opto-electronic component (3), such as a GaAs-laser (3) is precisely adjusted and attached toward the optically active area or spot (4) of the laser whereby in a first step, the end section (1) is attached to a support (2) within the protective housing by cementing or soldering and that the axis of the end section (1) is held in the active direction by the support (2) and is provisionally directed at the active spot (4), and subsequently, in a second step, the end section (1) is precisely aligned with the active area or spot (4) through deformation of the support. Prior to the second step or during the first step or prior to the first step, the support (2), which is formed of a solid base (2) of ductile metal such as copper, tin solder or indium solder in a strong, very stiff construction on a common metal block (5) is mechanically coupled with its footing (10) to the laser (3) at a spacing of less than 5 mm from the component (3), and--the base (2) is deformed, through squeezing, in the second step.

Method for attaching and adjusting the end section of a glass fiber

A glass fiber bushing is provided for a wall opening of a housing which has a light-transmitting or a light receiving component mounted therein, the component having an optically-active location to be optimally coupled to the tip of the glass fiber. At least in the region of the opening through the housing, the glass fiber is firmly surrounded by and is secured in a stiff tube which is inserted through the wall opening. An adjustment member which adjusts the glass fiber position is slipped with a tight clearance over the tube and/or over a transition piece which is secured to the tube. An end face of the adjustment member is oriented toward the exterior surface of the housing in the region surrounding the wall opening. At least close to the tip of the glass fiber, the outer diameter of the glass fiber or of a glass fiber protective layer is surrounded by the inner wall of the tube with so little play that the tube defines the position of the tip of the glass fiber. In a region between the adjustment member and the component the tube is plugged through an elastic membrane of the wall opening. A surface of the membrane is secured to the housing in the area of the wall opening. The end face of the adjustment member which adjusts the position of the tube and, therewith, the position of the glass fiber is secured to the exterior surface of the housing.

Glass fiber bushing through a wall opening of a housing and method of

In an opto-electronic module housing for positioning an end of an optical fiber in a desired position relative to an active area of an opto-electronic component characterized by the housing including an optical fiber connector having an adjustment plane at one end and an arrangement for holding an end of an optical fiber with the axis of the fiber on an axis extending perpendicular to the adjustment plane with the end being a fixed distance from the plane, an adjustment frame being securable to the adjustment plane and an arrangement for locating an opto-electronic component or transducer relative to the frame including a plate having the component mounted thereon. The arrangement including the plate is securable to the frame and the frame and the arrangement enable adjusting the component in three spatial directions relative to the end of the fiber to obtain an optimum adjustable position. The module housing can be received in an outer gas and light-tight housing in which case the connector extends through a wall of a can or member forming part of the outer housing which coacts with a lid to enable access to the interiorly disposed module housing. The component can either be a light-emitting opto-electronic component or a light-opto-electronic receiving component.

Opto-electronic module housing

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Munich, Germany

Helmut Haltenorth