Patent ID: 9703041
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G02B

Claim:
1. A connector comprising: a waveguide alignment member for receiving and aligning a plurality of optical waveguides, such that central light rays of light exiting the plurality of optical waveguides propagate along a same incident direction in a same incident plane; a light redirecting side comprising a plurality of segments forming a row of segments, the row being parallel to the incident plane, each segment corresponding to a different optical waveguide disposed and aligned at the waveguide alignment member and configured to receive light exiting the optical waveguide along the incident direction and redirect the received light along a redirected direction different from the incident direction, a first segment redirecting light along a first redirected direction, a second segment redirecting light along a second redirected direction different from the first redirected direction; and a plurality of optical lenses forming two or more rows of optical lenses, each optical lens in the plurality of optical lenses corresponding to a different segment in the plurality of segments and configured to receive light from the segment along a corresponding redirected direction and transmit the received light as collimated output light along a same output direction.