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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2022
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Wesley B. Morgan, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Mohanraj Prabhugoud, Beaverton, OR (US);
David Shia, Portland, OR (US);
Eric J. M. Moret, Beaverton, OR (US);
Pooya Tadayon, Portland, OR (US);
Tarek A. Ibrahim, Mesa, AZ (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Optical connectors with alignment features, and methods of forming the same, are disclosed herein. In one example, an optical ferrule includes holes to couple a fiber array to the optical ferrule, a mating protrusion to mate with an optical receptacle, and alignment features to align the fiber array with optical waveguides in the optical receptacle. The optical receptacle includes the optical waveguides, a mating cavity to mate with the mating protrusion on the optical ferrule, and alignment features to mate with the alignment features on the optical ferrule.