Automated fiber pigtailing machine
Abstract
The Automated Fiber Pigtailing Machine (AFPM) aligns and attaches optical fibers to optoelectronic (OE) devices such as laser diodes, photodiodes, and waveguide devices without operator intervention. The so-called pigtailing process is completed with sub-micron accuracies in less than 3 minutes. The AFPM operates unattended for one hour, is modular in design and is compatible with a mass production manufacturing environment. This machine can be used to build components which are used in military aircraft navigation systems, computer systems, communications systems and in the construction of diagnostics and experimental systems. 26 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of California (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 321313
- Patent Number(s):
- 5857047
- Application Number:
- PAN: 8-618,935
- Assignee:
- Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 5 Jan 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL FIBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; PHOTODIODES; WAVEGUIDES; AUTOMATION; MANUFACTURING; NAVIGATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; COMPUTERS; USES
Citation Formats
Strand, O T, and Lowry, M E. Automated fiber pigtailing machine. United States: N. p., 1999.
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Strand, O T, & Lowry, M E. Automated fiber pigtailing machine. United States.
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"Automated fiber pigtailing machine". United States.
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abstractNote = {The Automated Fiber Pigtailing Machine (AFPM) aligns and attaches optical fibers to optoelectronic (OE) devices such as laser diodes, photodiodes, and waveguide devices without operator intervention. The so-called pigtailing process is completed with sub-micron accuracies in less than 3 minutes. The AFPM operates unattended for one hour, is modular in design and is compatible with a mass production manufacturing environment. This machine can be used to build components which are used in military aircraft navigation systems, computer systems, communications systems and in the construction of diagnostics and experimental systems. 26 figs.},
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