Patent ID: 8757897
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical interposer for interfacing a plurality of optical fiber cables to one or more opto-electrical transducers which are for being coupled to the one or more optical fiber cables, the optical interposer comprising a body comprising a top surface having a first cavity therein; wherein the optical interposer also comprises one or more first spacers on the first cavity's surface, wherein the one or more first spacers define a plurality of first channels for supporting optical fiber cables; wherein the first cavity's surface comprises a planar bottom surface which underlies the first channels and the one or more first spacers, each first channel extending along the planar bottom surface; wherein each first spacer comprises a bottom region physically contacting the first cavity's planar bottom surface and made of a different material than the first cavity's planar bottom surface.