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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Douglas E. Crafts, San Jose, CA (US);
Duane Cook, San Jose, CA (US);
Arne Schonert, San Jose, CA (US);
Steve Swain, San Jose, CA (US);
Douglas E. Crafts, San Jose, CA (US);
Duane Cook, San Jose, CA (US);
Arne Schonert, San Jose, CA (US);
Steve Swain, San Jose, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A capillary has an opening of a dimension for accommodating an insertion of a first and second optical fiber, a clamp to provide a clamping force to the capillary to removably couple the capillary to the clamp, and a capillary rotator removably coupled to the capillary to apply a rotational force to the capillary which is greater than the capillary force, to rotate the capillary to a selected position. An optical fiber rotator can be disposed adjacent to the first optical fiber to rotate the first optical fiber such that the first optical fiber has a selected orientation with respect to the second optical fiber.