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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2013
Corning Cable Systems Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Douglas Llewellyn Butler, Painted Post, NY (US);
Ying Geng, Painted Post, NY (US);
Micah Colen Isenhour, Lincolnton, NC (US);
Christopher Paul Lewallen, Hudson, NC (US);
James Phillip Luther, Hickory, NC (US);
Andreas Matiss, Berlin, DE;
CORNING CABLE SYSTEMS LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods of aligning an optical interface assembly with an integrated circuit (IC) are disclosed. The method includes emitting light from an optical transmitter, passing the emitted light through the optical interface assembly in a first direction, and reflecting the emitted light from a reflective surface disposed immediately adjacent a front end of the optical interface assembly to define reflected light that travels back through the optical interface assembly in a second direction that is substantially opposite the first direction. The reflected light is received by an optical receiver that generates in response a receiver signal. The relative position of the optical interface assembly and the IC is adjusted to achieve an aligned position based on the receiver signal. The disclosure is also directed to a test plug for aligning an optical interface assembly to the IC.