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Patent No.:

US 9151915 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2011
Applicants:

Lou Castagna, Middletown, PA (US);

Richard Dean Miller, Lancaster, PA (US);

Robert Nelson Fair, Jr., York, PA (US);

Timothy John Loftus, Shiopensburg, PA (US);

Terry Patrick Bowen, Dillsburg, PA (US);

Inventors:

Lou Castagna, Middletown, PA (US);

Richard Dean Miller, Lancaster, PA (US);

Robert Nelson Fair, Jr., York, PA (US);

Timothy John Loftus, Shiopensburg, PA (US);

Terry Patrick Bowen, Dillsburg, PA (US);

Assignee:

Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G02B 6/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/4214 (2013.01); G02B 6/3636 (2013.01); G02B 6/3652 (2013.01); G02B 6/3684 (2013.01); G02B 6/3692 (2013.01); G02B 6/423 (2013.01); G02B 6/4228 (2013.01); G02B 6/4249 (2013.01);
Abstract

An interposer comprising a plurality of optical conduits, each having an optical axis, a substrate defining a plurality of grooves having a terminal end, each optical conduit being disposed in a single groove, and a common angled surface traversing two or more of the grooves at the terminal end, at least a portion of the angled surface proximate the optical axes of the optical conduits in the two or more grooves is reflective, and one or more optical components disposed above the angled surface, the optical components and the optical conduits being optically coupled by the angled surface.


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