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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2001
Randy Wickman, Cadott, WI (US);
John Greene, Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
Gary O'Connor, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Daniel Mansur, Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
David Barneson, Eleva, WI (US);
Bryan Gregory, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Corona Optical Systems, Inc., Lombard, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for aligning an array of optical devices with optical processing equipment. The method includes the steps of providing a transparent substrate with a plurality of optical transmission paths passing directly through the substrate, providing a plurality of alignment guides on the optical array, providing a complementary plurality of respective alignment guides on the transparent substrate and guiding the optical devices of the array into alignment with the substrate using respective pairs of the alignment guides on the optical array and transparent substrate.