Patent ID: 11934025
Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A fiber optic assembly comprising:
a support substrate having a planar surface;
a signal-fiber array supported on the planer surface of the support substrate, the signal-fiber array comprising a plurality of optical fibers, wherein each of the plurality of optical fibers comprises a first exposed datum surface at a top of the optical fibers opposite the support substrate and wherein some of the plurality of optical fibers are defined as edge optical fibers and comprise a second exposed datum surface; and
an adhesive, disposed on the plurality of optical fibers and the support substrate, that bonds the plurality of optical fibers to each other and to the support substrate,
wherein each optical fiber is spaced apart from adjacent optical fibers of the plurality of optical fibers at a precise pitch and each optical fiber is directly adjacent an adjacent optical fiber, and
wherein a datum surface is defined on an outer surface of each edge optical fiber of the plurality of optical fibers.