Patent ID: 6226429
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing an optical waveguide device with connectors connecting in a non-alignment manner to an optical fiber using guide pins and a film-shaped polymeric optical waveguide comprising the steps of:forming at least one of a lower cladding or an upper cladding of said polymeric waveguide such that the distance from a line connecting the centers of two guide pin loading grooves of said connector to the lower surface of the polymeric waveguide loading groove is within 5 micrometers of the height to the center of the core of said polymeric wave guide;maintaining within about a 5 micrometer variation between the center in the horizontal direction of the polymeric waveguide and the center of a line connecting the centers of said two guide pin loading grooves; andconnecting said connectors either to one end or to both ends of said polymeric waveguide.