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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2020
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Todd R. Coons, Gilbert, AZ (US);

Michael Rutigliano, Chandler, AZ (US);

Joe F. Walczyk, Tigard, OR (US);

Abram M. Detofsky, Tigard, OR (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/308 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/308 (2013.01); G02B 6/4256 (2013.01); G02B 6/4292 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, and techniques related to active optical plugs used to cover optical connectors of a photonics package to protect the connectors. The active optical plugs may also be used to perform testing of the photonics package, including generating light to be sent to the photonics package and to detect light received from the photonics package as part of the test protocol. This allows testing the optical connection and the photonics package, without exposing the optical connections of the package to damage from dust or physical contact. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.


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