Self-adaptive microtype optical fibre connector

Abstract

An adaptive miniature optical fiber connector, mainly including a silicon base, a V-shaped groove formed on the silicon base, a curved metal cover plate that spans above the V-shaped groove and is suspended to cover the V-shaped groove, and the two ends of the metal cover plate are warped The widening forms a bell mouth, and the middle part is symmetrically distributed with slit openings. An optical fiber fixing channel along the V-shaped groove is formed between the metal cover plate and the silicon substrate, and the two ends of the fixing channel are semi-conical guiding channels. The invention adopts the principle of V-groove positioning to achieve precise alignment or positioning. The curved metal cover plate provides continuous and stable pressure for fixing the optical fiber. The contact pressing of the optical fiber fixes the optical fiber. The miniature optical fiber connector of the present invention is easy to be integrated and manufactured, and has a small volume, which can realize optical fiber insertion and extraction, precise alignment, positioning and fixing, is convenient for forming a miniaturized optical fiber connector design, and is also suitable for ribbon optical fiber connections with relatively strict space requirements .

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to an adaptive miniature optical fiber connector, which is an optical fiber clamping and fixing mechanism capable of realizing reliable fixing and precise positioning of optical fibers and having a self-alignment function, and belongs to the technical field of optical fiber communication. Background technique [0002] Optical fiber communication is the mainstream direction of the development of modern communication technology. Its transmission medium is optical fiber. In this communication system, optical fiber connector is one of the most widely used passive devices. It connects optical fibers or optical cables to each other in a low-loss method. Get up to realize the continuation of the optical path. With the continuous development of optical communication technology and optical fiber optic instruments, the requirements for the fixed connection mechanism of optical fiber are getting higher and higher, especially the demand for r...

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Problems solved by technology

Even if the V-shaped groove is made by silicon etching technology and used in a micro-optical system, an additional cover plate must be added to fix the optical fiber in the V-shaped groove, which cannot take advantage of the high-density molding of the V-shaped groove. The goal of integrated manufacturing cannot be achieved

At the same time, the above-mentioned optical fiber connectors based on the V-groove alignment principle need to manually remove the cover plate to free a certain position during the optical fiber insertion process so that the optical fiber can enter the fixing groove, which is unacceptable for miniature optical fiber connectors. First of all, there is not enough space for operation, and secondly, it is difficult to grasp the scale of manual movement of the micro-device structure, which is easy to cause damage

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