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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1998
Osamu Takikawa, Kamakura, JP;
Hideto Furuyama, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus having optical components comprising a mounting substrate, an optical fiber held on the mounting substrate, an optical element fixed on the mounting substrate and optically coupled with the optical fiber, and a fixing member for positioning and fixing the optical fiber to the mounting substrate, wherein at least any one of the mounting substrate and the fixing member has a positioning groove for positioning the optical fiber to the optical element, a fixing groove connected to the positioning groove, and a flat bottom shallower than the positioning groove, and the optical fiber is fixed by means of a bonding material applied in the fixing groove and held on the positioning groove.