Patent ID: 9377594
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: G02B

Claim Text:
1. An optical connector comprising: a connector body comprising a linear electro-magnetic material comprising an outward-facing surface, a circuit-facing surface, and a reflection surface, the outward-facing surface to interface with a fiber array, the circuit-facing surface to interface with an optical integrated circuit, and the reflection surface to redirect light between the outward-facing surface and the circuit-facing surface at approximately a right angle in free space within the connector body; a first two-dimensional lens array with lenses at the outward-facing surface, the first lens array being at least a two-by-two array; and a second two-dimensional lens array with an array of lenses having one-to-one correspondence to the first lens array, the lenses of the second lens array forming optical paths between the circuit-facing surface and the outward-facing surface via the reflection surface, wherein the second two-dimensional lens array is separated from the circuit facing surface by an air gap to increase an alignment tolerance between the first lens array and the second lens array, wherein the outward-facing surface is at a first angle other than the right angle relative to the circuit-facing surface; wherein the first and second lens arrays include lenses that collimate the light towards the reflection surface to the other lens array, and focus light redirected off of the reflection surface from the other lens array.