| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6883714 |
Methods of optical filament scribing of circuit patterns with planar and non-planar portions |
April 26, 2005 |
| Methods of forming optical filament circuit patterns with planar and non-planar portions are provided. An optical filament circuit pattern is scribed by moving a filament guide and a substrate relative to one another at a speed between about 110 inches/minute and about 190 inches/minute, |
| 6804431 |
Pluggable optical transceiver array having wavelength division multiplexing and demultiplexing f |
October 12, 2004 |
| A device includes a housing, two members protruding from the housing, two transmitting optical subassemblies, two receiving optical subassemblies, a multiplexer, and a de-multiplexer. The housing includes two ports for receiving optical fiber connectors. Functionally, the two members act |
| 6735361 |
Modular wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) connector |
May 11, 2004 |
| A modular connector having multiple ports, comprising a housing having a first end and a second end, a first optical port on the first end, a second optical port on the first end, a third optical port on the second end, a fiber bragg grating (FBG) within the housing optically connected t |
| 6729771 |
Parallel optics subassembly having at least twelve lenses |
May 4, 2004 |
| A subassembly for use in fiber optic communications systems where multiple optical fibers are used in either transmitting or receiving optical signals. The subassembly is adapted for being mechanically and optically connected with a ferrule supporting a set of optical communications |
| 6711189 |
Automatic power control and laser slope efficiency normalizing circuit |
March 23, 2004 |
| Automatic power control (APC) is provided by a) a variable output voltage differential receiver/driver, which receiver is responsive to data signals for generating a voltage, the laser driver output voltage amplitude being controlled by a first potentiometer on an integrated circuit gene |
| 6676302 |
Method of constructing a fiber optics communications module |
January 13, 2004 |
| A method of constructing an optoelectronic module for use in fiber optic communication systems. The module is adapted for mechanically and optically interconnecting with a ferrule supporting a set of optical communications fibers. The module supports an optoelectronic device comprise |
| 6676299 |
Device having multiple optical fibers |
January 13, 2004 |
| A device includes two optical fibers bonded to a body. The body has a mating end and a splicing end. Each of the two optical fibers has a respective polished end and splicing end. The polished end of each of the two optical fibers is situated adjacent to and flush with the mating end |
| 6634801 |
Adjustable strain relief boot |
October 21, 2003 |
| An adjustable strain relief boot includes a stationary portion and a moving portion slidably connected to the stationary portion. The adjustable strain relief boot is used to guide an optical fiber away from a connector of the optical fiber. In application, the stationary portion of the |
| 6556608 |
Small format optical subassembly |
April 29, 2003 |
| A small format optoelectronic package or device includes a non-electrically conductive substrate partially covered by an electrically conductive can. The electrically conductive can has a transparent element affixed to an aperture of the electrically conductive can. The electrically cond |
| 6551117 |
Removable transceiver module |
April 22, 2003 |
| A robust optoelectronic transceiver module which is quick, easy, and inexpensive to manufacture. The transceiver module has a main housing which consists of a circuit board having an optical subassembly mounted thereon. The module housing may be pluggable via a retention member recei |
| 6550980 |
Optical ferrule having multiple rows of multiple optical fibers |
April 22, 2003 |
| A ferrule includes a body, a first cover, and a second cover. The body includes a first row of optical fiber receiving V-grooves, a second row of optical fiber receiving V-grooves, and a third row of optical fiber receiving apertures. Each aperture of the third row of optical fiber r |
| 6530699 |
Dual channel device having two optical sub-assemblies |
March 11, 2003 |
| An optoelectronic device includes two optical subassemblies mounted on an edge of a substrate. Electronic circuitry is mounted on the substrate. The two optical packages are electrically connected to the electrical circuitry. An optical coupling element is attached to one of the optical |
| 6499890 |
Surface mountable optoelectronic device |
December 31, 2002 |
| A device which is surface mountable to a printed circuit board. The device includes a housing, an optical sub-assembly, and an electrical connector. The housing includes a fiber optic connector receptacle and a bottom side. The housing is made of an electrically conductive material. The |
| 6497588 |
Communications transceiver with internal EMI shield and associated methods |
December 24, 2002 |
| A communications transceiver includes a jack housing which, in turn, includes portions defining a recess for receiving a mating plug therein. Signal connector elements are provided within the recess for establishing inbound and outbound signal paths with corresponding signal connector |
| 6485189 |
High density multiple fiber optic connector |
November 26, 2002 |
| A fiber optic plug for connecting to a receptacle of a small format optoelectronic package or device. The fiber optic plug includes a body and ferrules attached to the body. Each ferrule has an aperture for receiving and holding an optical fiber and each ferrule has a diameter substantia |
| 6478475 |
Method of forming a multi-terminator optical interconnect system |
November 12, 2002 |
| A method of forming a multi-terminator optical interconnect system. The method including the steps of molding and mating. The step of molding includes molding two ferrule halves where each ferrule half has a mating end and a fiber-receiving end and an alignment tang. The mating end i |
| 6474879 |
Post assembly metallization of a device to form hermetic seal |
November 5, 2002 |
| An assembly including a fiber optic cable assembled with a one-piece ferrule where a gap exists between the fiber optic cable and the ferrule. When the fiber optic cable is mounted to the ferrule, the optical fiber is positioned within a small opening and the sheath is positioned within |
| 6454470 |
Optoelectronic interconnect module |
September 24, 2002 |
| An optoelectronic interconnect module comprising a housing having a first aperture on a first side of the housing for receiving an optical ferrule and a second aperture on a second side of the housing for receiving a semiconductor die. A mirror is mounted within the housing at an angle f |
| 6445867 |
Optical fiber hermetic termination connector |
September 3, 2002 |
| A connector for mounting to and through a wall of a device. In one form of the invention a connector is used for mounting to and through a wall of a device. The connector includes a body, an optical fiber, and a sealant. The body includes a surface having an aperture. The optical fiber h |
| 6416238 |
Modular high density multiple optical transmitter/receiver array |
July 9, 2002 |
| A device or array of arrayed optical subassemblies includes modular units called one channel sub-assemblies. Each of the one channel sub-assemblies includes a small format optical subassembly attached to a substrate and an optical coupling element all of which is connected to a base. The |
| 6386919 |
High speed interface converter module |
May 14, 2002 |
| A device including two modules is provided for transferring data signals from a first transmission medium to a second transmission medium. One module includes a conductive housing having a first end and a second end. An electrical connector is mounted at the first end of the housing and |
| 6369924 |
Optical transceiver with enhanced shielding and related methods |
April 9, 2002 |
| An optical transceiver module includes a transmitter portion and receiver portion positioned within a housing with an EMI shield therebetween, and wherein the transmitter and receiver portions include respective substrates, or circuit boards, with opposing and spaced apart major surf |
| 6358066 |
Surface mountable transceiver |
March 19, 2002 |
| The transceiver includes a housing, a transmitting optical sub-assembly mounted in the housing, a receiving optical sub-assembly mounted in the housing, a first electrical connector associated with the transmitting optical sub-assembly, a second electrical connector associated with the |
| 6350063 |
Pluggable optical transceiver module having a high speed serial data connector (HSSDC) |
February 26, 2002 |
| A pluggable optical transceiver module includes two optoelectronic devices mounted to a printed circuit board, and a High Speed Serial Data Connector connected to the printed circuit board. The printed circuit board, and associated optoelectronic devices and the High Speed Serial Data Co |
| 6349105 |
Small format optical subassembly |
February 19, 2002 |
| A small format optoelectronic package or device includes a non-electrically conductive substrate partially covered by an electrically conductive can. The electrically conductive can has a transparent element affixed to an aperture of the electrically conductive can. The electrically cond |
| 6331992 |
Small format optical subassembly |
December 18, 2001 |
| A small format optoelectronic package or device includes a non-electrically conductive substrate partially covered by an electrically conductive can. The electrically conductive can has a transparent element affixed to an aperture of the electrically conductive can. The electrically cond |
| 6328479 |
Multi-terminator optical interconnect system |
December 11, 2001 |
| MT ferrule. A polymer fiber optic MT ferrule includes hermaphroditic L-shaped halves having multiple fibers mounted in V-grooves formed within surfaces of ferrule halves. Ferrule halves include holed walls perpendicular to the major surface of the V-grooves for providing alignment of |
| 6324610 |
Shared multi-port communications device and associated methods |
November 27, 2001 |
| A shared communications device includes a multi-port jack housing having portions defining a plurality of recesses extending inwardly from the front for receiving respective mating plugs. Signal connectors are preferably positioned within each of the recesses and define respective co |
| 6307659 |
Optoelectronic transceiver having an adaptable logic level signal detect output |
October 23, 2001 |
| An optoelectronic transceiver is provided having an adaptable logic level signal detect output. The preferred embodiments are configured to generate various logic level signal detected signals directly for use by the transceiver host device. A first embodiment generates the SD output bas |
| 6299362 |
High speed optical interface converter module having mounting halves |
October 9, 2001 |
| A device which retains a polymer mounting block between a metallic cover and a metallic base. The mounting block includes two mounting halves. The mounting halves being hermaphroditic such that a pair of the mounting halves of the mounting block being substantially identical can be a |
| 6298190 |
Field repairable hermaphroditic connector tool |
October 2, 2001 |
| A tool for inserting and removing a plug insert for the termination device includes a body, a plunger, a pin, and a spring. The body has a main aperture formed through the length of the body. The main aperture has a spring seat formed therein. The body also has a pin travel aperture form |
| 6296514 |
High speed interface converter module |
October 2, 2001 |
| A module is provided for attaching to a flexible shielded cable including individual conductors. The module includes a die cast housing, a printed circuit board mounted within the die cast metal housing, a metal D-shell ribbon style host connector associated with the die cast metal housi |
| 6295201 |
Bus bar having embedded switching device |
September 25, 2001 |
| A bus bar assembly having a high-speed switching device, a bus bar, and a heat sink. The switching device is integrated into a cavity on the top surface of the bus bar, and the heat sink is mechanically coupled to the bottom surface of the bus bar. The bus bar may include capacitors that |
| 6284160 |
Method and apparatus for precision injection molding of fiber optic ferrules |
September 4, 2001 |
| An apparatus for injection molding of a fiber optic ferrule including the use of adjustable core and receiver members to precisely locate a core pin and also a projecting wire member in a mold where the core pin defines an interior passage in the molded ferrule and the projecting wire fo |
| 6283644 |
Optical package with alignment means and method of assembling an optical package |
September 4, 2001 |
| An optical package is provided including a housing having first and second ends. A ferrule receiving bore is formed in the first end, and an optics cavity is formed in the second end. The optics cavity and the ferrule receiving bore are axially aligned with one another along an optical a |
| 6277308 |
Method and apparatus for precision injection molding |
August 21, 2001 |
| A method and apparatus for injection molding of a fiber optic ferrule including the use of adjustable core and receiver members adjustable from the exterior of the mold to precisely locate a projecting wire member in a mold where a score pin defines an interior passage in the molded ferr |
| 6276840 |
Massive parallel optical interconnect system |
August 21, 2001 |
| A massive parallel (MP) connector is provided which includes a fiber optic connector having a polymer female having multiple fibers mounted in V-grooves of the ferrule and beveled edges of the ferrule providing for alignment of the ferrule when the MP fiber optic connector is mated to a |
| 6267606 |
Removable transceiver module and receptacle |
July 31, 2001 |
| A robust optoelectronic transceiver module which is quick, easy, and inexpensive to manufacture. The transceiver module has a main housing which consists of a circuit board having an optical subassembly mounted thereon. The module housing may be pluggable via a retention member recei |
| 6234683 |
Field repairable hermaphroditic connector |
May 22, 2001 |
| A hermaphroditic fiber optic termination device including a plug insert removably insertable into a front of a housing. The housing having locking holes. The plug insert formed so as to receive ferrules surrounding terminal ends of the optical fibers. The plug insert having spring la |
| 6220873 |
Modified contact traces for interface converter |
April 24, 2001 |
| The invention relates to an interface module, such as a Giga-Bit Interface Converter module, provided to mate within a host device chassis where, at the rear of the mounting slot, a first connector engages a host socket of the host device. According to the invention, the first connector |
| 6217228 |
Fiber channel drive adapter |
April 17, 2001 |
| An interface is provided, the interface having at least two form factors--one for interfacing to a connector on a fiber channel drive and one or more other form factors for interfacing to one or more other styles of connectors. The first form factor is on a first part of the printed |
| 6206582 |
EMI reduction for optical subassembly |
March 27, 2001 |
| An optoelectronic transmitter module is provided for transmitting optical data signals from a host device. The module is housed within a grounded chassis of the host device and provides a reduced effective aperture therethrough. The module components include electronic circuitry mounted |
| 6203387 |
Solderable metallized plastic contact |
March 20, 2001 |
| A solderable metallized plastic contact includes an element made of a polymer where an electrically conductive material covers a surface of the element so as to form an electrically conductive region on the element. The electrically conductive material is electroplated to the surface of |
| 6203333 |
High speed interface converter module |
March 20, 2001 |
| An interface converter module is provided for converting data signals from a first transmission medium to a second transmission medium. The module includes a metallized housing having a first end and a second end. A shielded electrical connector is mounted at the first end of the housing |
| 6201704 |
Transceive module with EMI shielding |
March 13, 2001 |
| A robust optoelectronic transceiver module which is quick, easy, and inexpensive to manufacture. The transceiver module has a main housing which consists of a potting box with potting material inserted therein. In addition, a circuit board is encased by the potting material. The circuit |
| 6179627 |
High speed interface converter module |
January 30, 2001 |
| An interface converter module is provided for converting data signals from a first transmission medium to a second transmission medium. The module is housed within a metallized housing having a first end and a second end. A shielded electrical connector is mounted at the first end of the |
| 6173099 |
Snap-in coupling |
January 9, 2001 |
| A coupling is provided having a one-piece body, with a first segment having a first chamber for receiving an optical connector and ferrule, a second segment having a second chamber for receiving an alignment sleeve that retains and interconnects the ferrules, a third segment substantiall |
| 6160647 |
Optoelectronic transmitter with improved control circuit and laser fault latching |
December 12, 2000 |
| An optoelectronic transmitter is provided including a semiconductor laser as the active optical transmitting element. The transmitter includes first and second printed circuit boards, with the first printed circuit board having mounted thereon electronic components and circuitry for driv |
