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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2000
SamSung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
An optical fiber array connector and a method for fabricating the optical fiber array connector are disclosed. The disclosed optical fiber array connector an upper base plate and a lower base plate each being provided at a main surface thereof, in a desired region, with a plurality of first grooves each extending throughout the base plate in a direction corresponding to a longitudinal direction of an optical fiber to be mounted therein, and in regions other than the region where the first grooves are arranged, with a plurality of second grooves each extending throughout the base plate in a direction corresponding to a longitudinal direction of an alignment pin to be inserted therein, the upper and lower base plates being bonded to each other in such a fashion that the first and second grooves of the upper base plate face those of the lower base plate, respectively. A plurality of optical fibers are mounted between the upper and lower base plates in such a fashion that each of them is in contact with associated ones of the facing first grooves of the upper and lower base plates. Tubes are mounted between the upper and lower base plates in such a fashion that each of them is in contact with associated ones of the facing second grooves of the upper and lower base plates, each of the tubes having an insertion hole adapted to receive an alignment pin therein.