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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2004
Applicants:
Yasuyuki Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Taniguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Taniyama, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Koshi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yasuyuki Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Taniguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Taniyama, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Koshi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B006/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical fiber collimator including a microlens array and single mode optical fibers. Microlens elements are formed in two surfaces of the transparent substrate. Two opposing microlens elements each function as a collimator lens. The single mode optical fiber is optically coupled to the collimator lens.