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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
May. 30, 2000
Schelto van Doorn, San Jose, CA (US);
Infineon Technologies North America Corp., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Multi-fiber fiber optic connectors ( ) are described. The fiber optic connectors ( ) enable direct board-to-board optical communication but do not require data transmission through a backplane ( ). In one aspect, a fiber optic connector ( ) includes a plurality of optical fibers ( ) terminating at proximal and distal ends, and a flexible support ( ) configured to hold the optical fibers ( ) in an elongated spaced-apart three-dimensional array characterized by insignificant optical coupling between the optical fibers ( ). The support ( ) has a proximal end terminating at a proximal end face ( ) at which the proximal ends of the optical fibers ( ) terminate. The proximal end face ( ) of the support ( ) is sized and arranged to contact a port ( ) of an optical device ( ) whereupon one or more of the optical fibers ( ) couple to the optical device ( ) through the port ( ). In another aspect, a fiber optic connector ( ) includes a plurality of optical fibers ( ) formed from a core material with a characteristic refractive index. The optical fibers ( ) are embedded in an elongated integral support ( ) formed from a flexible cladding material with refractive index that is lower than the refractive index of the core material.