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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2002
Applicant:
Martin Kowatsch, Freudental, DE;
Inventor:
Martin Kowatsch, Freudental, DE;
Assignee:
Avanex Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 (2006.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A connector for one or more optical fibers has a ferrule into which the optical fibers are glued directly with their outer cladding. No stripping of the fibers is required any longer before gluing them to the ferrule and thus, the difficulty of the fragility of the stripped fibers is overcome. The fibers are special fiber having a primary coating with smaller tolerances of ±2 microns. The fibers are arranged on a flexible foil which forms an optical overlay for a printed circuit board.