Patent ID: 7031576
Filing Date: 2006-04-18
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a bench having an optical component a groove formed in the beach, the groove configured to accommodate an optical fiber; a ferrule, including a recess region to accommodate the optic fiber when the ferrule is mounted onto the bench, the groove and the ferrule being configured to passively aligning the optical fiber and the optical component on the bench and; a cylindrical shaped connector sleeve defining a receptacle having a first opening located at a first end of the cylindrical shaped connector sleeve and a second opening located at an opposite second end of the cylindrical shaped connector sleeve, the first opening being configured to receive within to receptacle the silicon bench and ferrule and the second opening being configured to receive a plug-in connector within the receptacle of the cylindrical taped connector sleeve, the silicon bench, ferrule and plug-in connector all configured to be optically aligned within the cylindrical shaped connector sleeve.