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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1998
Michiyuki Amano, Tokyo, JP;
Shunichi Tono, Tokyo, JP;
Hirotsugu Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuaki Tamura, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshito Shuto, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Yokoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Haruki Kozawaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Hikita, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoko Yoshimura, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Tomaru, Tokyo, JP;
Saburo Imamura, Tokyo, JP;
Toshikazu Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yasufumi Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Kuniharu Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Yanagisawa, Tokyo, JP;
Akio Sugita, Tokyo, JP;
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A packaging platform for optically coupling one or more optical waveguides of one or more optical components having the optical waveguide to one or more optical fibers is provided with a reference structure portion for the horizontal and vertical positioning of the optical component. The platform is further provided with one or more fiber positioning portions for inserting and holding the optical fiber and positioning the optical fiber at a position where the optical fiber is optically connected to the optical waveguide. The provided packaging platform and an optical module using the platform can simplify all alignment steps for optical coupling, electrical connection and sealing in the coupling of the optical component and the optical fiber.