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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2003
Herbert B. Dela Rosa, Fremont, CA (US);
Giovanni Barbarossa, Saratoga, CA (US);
William Z. Guan, Union City, CA (US);
Weidong Zhu, Fremont, CA (US);
Khanh T. Ly, San Jose, CA (US);
Ching-lin Chang, Milpitas, CA (US);
Herbert B. Dela Rosa, Fremont, CA (US);
Giovanni Barbarossa, Saratoga, CA (US);
William Z. Guan, Union City, CA (US);
Weidong Zhu, Fremont, CA (US);
Khanh T. Ly, San Jose, CA (US);
Ching-Lin Chang, Milpitas, CA (US);
Avanex Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
An optical module box made of aluminum that has a reworkable glass-sealed fiber feedthru is disclosed. A fiber is inserted through a glass seal and a C-seal for hermetically sealing an opening in the optical module box. In a first embodiment, a module box employing a single-fiber fiber feedthru is described. In a second embodiment, a module box employing a 2-fiber feedthru is described. In a third embodiment, a module box employing a ribbon fiber feedthru is described. A module box having an opening with a single-fiber feedthru, comprising a C-seal; a glass sealed feedthru having a front tube and a back tube, the back tube of the glass sealed feedthru extending through the C-seal; and a fiber passing through the glass sealed feedthru and the C-seal, thereby hermetically sealed into the opening of the module box.