Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Tai-hwan Park

Myeon-soon Hwang

Byung-gon Kim

Hong-suk Sun

Suk-chan Lee

Myoung-Woon Kim

Kyeong-won Lim

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.

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Tai-hwan Park