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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2003
Randy W. Wickman, Cadott, WI (US);
Gary P. O'Connor, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
John Greene, Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
Daniel C. Mansur, Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
David Barneson, Eleva, WI (US);
Corona Optical Systems, Inc., Lombard, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for aligning a plurality of transmission paths of an array of optical devices with a plurality of optical fibers. The method includes the steps of disposing the optical array on a first side of the transparent substrate with the plurality of optical transmission paths passing directly through the substrate, disposing a signal processor on the first side of the transparent substrate adjacent the array of optical devices, disposing a set of alignment guides on a second side of the transparent substrate parallel to the plurality of transmission paths for aligning the plurality of optical fibers with the plurality of transmission paths and coupling a plurality of signals processed by the processor through the plurality of transmission paths between the optical array and plurality of optical fibers.