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公开(公告)号:US10983291B2
公开(公告)日:2021-04-20
申请号:US16561531
申请日:2019-09-05
Applicant: Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
Inventor: Kevin Liu , Kai-Sheng Lin , Hsiu-Che Wang
IPC: G02B6/42
Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to a holder element, also generally referred to herein as a welding element, configured to couple an optical coupling receptacle to a substrate and provide an integrated optical arrangement to redirect light received from the optical coupling receptacle along a receive light path to an output light path that is offset from the receive light path.
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公开(公告)号:US10247892B2
公开(公告)日:2019-04-02
申请号:US15242017
申请日:2016-08-19
Applicant: Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
Inventor: Kai-Sheng Lin , Hsiu-Che Wang , I-Lung Ho
Abstract: A transceiver module having a partitioned housing, e.g., a bifurcated or multi-segment housing, is disclosed that allows coupling and alignment of a TOSA arrangement and ROSA arrangement in separate respective portions in order to minimize or otherwise reduce component damage and rework iterations during manufacturing and repair. Technicians may thus perform at least partial assembly and testing of each optical subassembly arrangement in parallel and in relative isolation without necessarily interrupting and/or waiting on completion of the other. In a general sense, each separate portion of the partitioned housing provides a dedicated workspace of about equal dimension for coupling of subassembly components. Each separate portion may lie flat on a tabletop, for instance, which may further simplify manufacturing processes and provide a wide-range of acceptance angles for performing soldering, welding, insertion and coupling of components, visual inspection, fiber routing, and so on.
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公开(公告)号:US10514515B2
公开(公告)日:2019-12-24
申请号:US15475073
申请日:2017-03-30
Applicant: Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
Inventor: Kai-Sheng Lin , Hsiu-Che Wang , Ziliang Cai
Abstract: An optical transceiver module is disclosed having a housing that includes at least a first housing portion and a second housing portion, each of the first and second housing portions including a base portion having at least one sidewall extending therefrom that defines a compartment. The first housing portion is configured to couple to the second housing portion to form a cavity therebetween. A transmitter optical subassembly (TOSA) arrangement coupled to the base portion of the first housing portion and is electrically coupled to a first flexible printed circuit (FPC). A receiver optical subassembly (ROSA) arrangement is coupled to the base portion of the second housing portion and is electrically coupled to a second FPC. A first shield coupled to at least one of the first housing portion or the second housing portion to reduce electromagnetic interference between the TOSA arrangement and the ROSA arrangement.
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公开(公告)号:US10509184B2
公开(公告)日:2019-12-17
申请号:US15473563
申请日:2017-03-29
Applicant: Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
Inventor: I-Lung Ho , Hsiu-Che Wang , Hao-Hsiang Liao
Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a welding assembly is disclosed that allows for a laser assembly to be coupled into a socket of the same and held at a fixed position, e.g., by a mechanical grabber of a welding system. The mechanical grabber may then travel along one or more axis to bring the TOSA module into mechanical alignment with an opening of an associated optical subassembly housing. The welding assembly may further include an alignment member that provides one or more alignment contact surfaces configured to be brought directly into contact with a surface of the associated subassembly housing. When the one or more alignment contact surfaces are “flush” with the surface of the subassembly housing the emission face of the TOSA module is substantially parallel, and by extension, optically aligned with the opening of the associated subassembly housing.
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公开(公告)号:US10950651B2
公开(公告)日:2021-03-16
申请号:US16202813
申请日:2018-11-28
Applicant: Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
Inventor: Hsiu-Che Wang , Elsie Marentes , Qin Li
Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to an optical transceiver that includes a multi-channel on-board ROSA arrangement that includes an optical demultiplexer, e.g., an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) and an array of photodiodes disposed on a same substrate. The array of photodiodes may be optically aligned with an output port of the optical demultiplexer and be configured to detect channel wavelengths and output a proportional electrical signal to an amplification circuit, e.g., a transimpedance amplifier. Each of the photodiodes can include an integrated lens configured to increase the alignment tolerance between the demultiplexer and the light sensitive region such that relatively imprecise bonding techniques, e.g., die bonding, may be utilized while still maintaining nominal optical power.
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公开(公告)号:US10714890B1
公开(公告)日:2020-07-14
申请号:US16268765
申请日:2019-02-06
Applicant: Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
Inventor: Kai-Sheng Lin , Hsiu-Che Wang , Kevin Liu
Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to a multi-channel TOSA with vertically-mounted MPDs to reduce TOSA housing dimensions and improve RF driving signal quality. In more detail, a TOSA housing consistent with the present disclosure includes at least one vertical MPD mounting surface that extends substantially transverse relative to a LD mounting surface, with the result being that a MPD coupled to the vertical MPD mounting surface gets positioned above an associated LD coupled to the LD mounting surface. The vertically-mounted MPD thus makes regions adjacent an LD that would otherwise be utilized to mount an MPD available for patterning of conductive RF traces to provide an RF driving signal to the LD. The conductive RF traces may therefore extend below the vertically-mounted MPD to a location that is proximate the LD to allow for relatively short wire bonds therebetween.
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公开(公告)号:US09923635B2
公开(公告)日:2018-03-20
申请号:US15176404
申请日:2016-06-08
Applicant: Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
Inventor: I-Lung Ho , Hsiu-Che Wang , YongXuan Liang
IPC: H04B10/2581 , H04B10/40 , H04B10/50 , H04B10/572 , H04B10/66 , G02B6/293 , G02B6/42
CPC classification number: H04B10/40 , G02B6/2938 , G02B6/4215 , G02B6/4246 , H04B10/506 , H04J14/0256
Abstract: A multi-channel optical transmitter or transceiver uses a reversed planar lightwave circuit (PLC) splitter as an optical multiplexer to combine optical signals at different channel wavelengths into a multiplexed optical signal. The reversed PLC splitter includes splitter output ports that are used as the mux input ports and a splitter input port that is used as the mux output port. The mux input ports may be optically coupled to respective transmitter optical subassembly (TOSA) modules with or without optical fibers. The PLC splitter includes wavelength independent branched waveguides that combine the optical signals received on the mux input ports into the multiplexed optical signal on the mux output port.
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公开(公告)号:US09891395B2
公开(公告)日:2018-02-13
申请号:US15210193
申请日:2016-07-14
Applicant: Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
Inventor: Kai-Sheng Lin , Hsiu-Che Wang , Yong-Xuan Liang
IPC: G02B6/42 , H04B10/572 , H04B10/40 , G02B6/12 , H04J14/02
CPC classification number: G02B6/4246 , G02B6/00 , G02B6/12016 , G02B6/4249 , G02B6/4262 , G02B6/4292 , H04B10/40 , H04B10/506
Abstract: A multi-channel optical transmitter or transceiver includes an optical multiplexer with input and output ports on a single side. The optical multiplexer receives optical signals at different channel wavelengths on a plurality of mux input ports on one side and combines the optical signals into a multiplexed optical signal, which is output on an optical output port on the same side. The optical multiplexer may be located at a distal end of a transceiver or transmitter housing. In one embodiment, the optical multiplexer is a reversed planar lightwave circuit (PLC) splitter including splitter output ports that are used as the mux input ports and a splitter input port that is used as the mux output port. The mux input ports may be optically coupled to respective transmitter optical subassembly (TOSA) modules with optical fibers.
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公开(公告)号:US11221460B2
公开(公告)日:2022-01-11
申请号:US16514580
申请日:2019-07-17
Applicant: Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
Inventor: I-Lung Ho , Hsiu-Che Wang , Qin Li
Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to a lens clip that defines at least one mounting surface for coupling to and supporting an array of optical components, e.g., a laser diode and associated components, and an optical lens slot to receive and securely hold an array of optical lenses at a predetermined position relative to the optical components to ensure nominal optical coupling. The optical lens slot includes dimensions that permit insertion of each optical lens into the same and restrict travel along one or more axis. Accordingly, disposing an optical lens within the lens slot ensures correct alignment along at least two axis, e.g., Z and X, with the third axis (e.g., Y) extending parallel along the slot to permit lateral adjustment of each lens.
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公开(公告)号:US11146039B2
公开(公告)日:2021-10-12
申请号:US16419379
申请日:2019-05-22
Applicant: Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
Inventor: Kai-Sheng Lin , Hsiu-Che Wang , Ziliang Cai
Abstract: A temperature controlled multi-channel transmitter optical subassembly (TOSA), consistent with embodiments described herein, may be used in a multi-channel optical transceiver. The temperature controlled multi-channel TOSA generally includes an array of lasers to emit a plurality of different channel wavelengths. The lasers may be thermally tuned to the channel wavelengths by establishing a global temperature for the array of lasers such that the amount of heat communicated to each laser is substantially the same. The global temperature may be established, at least in part, by monitoring the shortest channel wavelength and/or a temperature of the lasers. The temperature of the lasers may then get increased via a shared heating device in thermal communication with the lasers until the shortest monitored wavelength substantially reaches the nominal shortest wavelength or the measured temperature substantially equals the global temperature.
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