Patent ID: 8540434
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A connector assembly configured for optically coupling a first optical device mounted on a first substrate to a second optical device mounted on an orthogonally intersecting second substrate, the connector assembly comprising: a first connector comprising a substantially flat first backside and a first mirror side, the substantially flat first backside and the first mirror side being on opposite sides of the first connector, the first connector having a first optical waveguide array comprising a first plurality of parallel optical waveguides and a first mirror on the first mirror side, the first mirror oriented at a 45 degree angle to the first plurality of parallel optical waveguides, wherein the first mirror continuously redirects the first plurality of parallel optical waveguides by 90 degrees; a second connector comprising a substantially flat second backside and a second mirror side, the substantially flat second backside and the second mirror side being on opposite sides of the second connector, the second connector having a second optical waveguide array comprising a second plurality of parallel optical waveguides and a second mirror on the second mirror side, the second mirror oriented at a 45 degrees angle to the second plurality of parallel optical waveguides, wherein the second mirror continuously redirects the second plurality of parallel optical waveguides by 90 degrees; wherein the first substrate is in an X-Z plane and the second substrate is in an X-Y plane, the first substrate including a first edge and the second substrate including a second edge, such that the first edge intersects the second edge in a Y-Z plane; and wherein the first connector is orthogonally oriented to the second connector and wherein the substantially flat first backside of the first connector is optically welded in the Y-Z plane to the substantially flat backside of the second connector.