Coupling Light Guides TRIZ Cases

Interposer substrate enables self-alignment of optical connectors, reducing assembly complexity and cost while maintaining high reliability.

Pre-formed jacket tubing manages fiber optic splice geometry to reduce buffer distortions.

A pluggable optical transceiver uses an extended housing portion to conduct heat from internal circuits to the external environment.

Detachable brackets stabilize optical components via mechanical fixation, eliminating complex active coupling equipment and reducing alignment costs.

A pivoting shaft and coil spring apply uniform pressure to an optical transducer, resolving insufficient attachment force without increasing device volume.

A connector uses a C-shaped snap ring to transfer cable pulling force directly to the outer housing.

A micro bi-directional optical sub-assembly integrates transmitter and receiver modules within a single molded plastic housing.

A two-channel optical rotary joint uses independent focusers to align light-waveguides along a rotation axis.

An optical switch fabric routes light to multiple surface couplers for directional emission.

Bonding layers join III-V components to silicon cores, reducing back reflections and simplifying manufacturing of photonic platforms.

An optical element uses collimating units and a filter to direct light beams toward a photo detector.

Slopes on the filter holder automatically set the wavelength splitting filter angle relative to optical units, resolving assembly precision trade-offs.

A passive fiber optic current sensor mounts to distribution line insulators using a rigid bushing-style support structure.

A tapered portion gradually increases diameter to reduce assembly resistance force while maintaining high bearing force against tension.

A LiDAR scanner unit arranges pixel arrays in shifted channels to boost angular resolution without miniaturizing individual pixels.

A casing uses matched thermal expansion materials to house light emitting and optical function elements in a single package.

A floating frame structure supports fiber array connectors on photonic integrated circuits.

A hybrid opto-electronic integrated circuit couples compound semiconductor optical modules to a silicon substrate for low-power signal processing.

Pre-formed silicon structures enable passive alignment of laser devices and optical fibers, reducing fabrication costs while maintaining submicron precision.

Adiabatic waveguide width variation places electrical contacts at the maximum width region, preserving high quality factor despite mechanical perturbations.

Movable shutter plate automatically obstructs high-power laser beams to ensure eye safety without manual caps.

Vacuum pockets in a standardized tray secure sensitive optomechanical components, reducing manual handling costs and boosting manufacturing throughput.

A multi-layer optical waveguide coupler uses a convex protrusion to focus light from semiconductor lasers into the core.

Angled waveguide end facet redirects reflected light into unsupported spatial modes, preventing laser destabilization and resonance splitting.

An angled fiber brush maintains signal integrity in a through bore, resolving focusing constraints.

Independent springs bias ferrule assemblies to prevent disengagement under axial load, ensuring continuous optical alignment.

Beam shaping module splits emission light into multiple split-lights in the slow-axis direction and arrays them in the fast-axis direction.

Dense fiber packing presses outer strands against the ferrule inner wall to elastically and plastically deform the hole geometry, suppressing connection loss.

Pre-fabricated cavities on a sub-mount passively align optical filters and mirrors, eliminating costly active tuning steps.

Retractable nose pieces protect bare fiber ends from contamination while guiding them into V-grooves for reliable coupling.

Tightly constraining the tether cable fiber limits movement transmission to the splice, resolving cavity size variation issues.

An integrally molded optical coupler maintains precise component alignment, reducing ambient light interference to improve the signal-to-noise ratio.

A chip scale fiber optic transceiver integrates a multimode lens directly onto the bare fiber end.

Four bevels in a lens assembly split light signals to improve transmission efficiency while managing device complexity through merging functions.

Built-in alignment features position glass fiber cores against waveguides, reducing absorption losses in polymer clad systems.

Digital micromirror device captures radiation patterns to evaluate insertion loss under direct sunlight interference.

Segmented optical connector housings distribute pressing loads across multiple inner units to prevent structural damage during physical contact connections.

Parallel drive shafts actuate blades and centering jaws, removing complex levers to improve precision.

Nested resonators stabilize optical signals by smoothing temperature-induced fluctuations via self-adjusting energy transfer between coupled loops.

Replacing adhesive bonding with laser welding and a convex joint element resolves alignment precision versus mechanical stability trade-offs.

Segmented optical coupling nodes on a laser target board enable simultaneous multi-property beam measurement without complex cable routing.

Dummy patterns flank waveguide cores to balance stress from uneven glass particle density, preventing core inclination and reducing polarization dependent loss.

Textured coatings on reflective surfaces provide adjustable light attenuation without adding mechanical components or increasing device complexity.

Elastic member counters gravity on floating optical connector housing to prevent biased positioning and misalignment.

Metal gratings at the waveguide interface provide wide reflectivity bandwidth without thick deposition layers required by conventional mirrors.

A cassette module converts 12-fiber MPO trunks to 16-fiber MPO interfaces using internal fiber routing.

A metallic prism with ferrules and an elastic element aligns embedded optical fibers, minimizing insertion losses at ingress points.