EP1649312A1 - Method for removably connecting two groups of optical fibers, and plug-in connection for carrying out said method - Google Patents
Method for removably connecting two groups of optical fibers, and plug-in connection for carrying out said methodInfo
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- EP1649312A1 EP1649312A1 EP04736300A EP04736300A EP1649312A1 EP 1649312 A1 EP1649312 A1 EP 1649312A1 EP 04736300 A EP04736300 A EP 04736300A EP 04736300 A EP04736300 A EP 04736300A EP 1649312 A1 EP1649312 A1 EP 1649312A1
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- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
- G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
- G02B6/3809—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs without a ferrule embedding the fibre end, i.e. with bare fibre end
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- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/3628—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers
- G02B6/3632—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers characterised by the cross-sectional shape of the mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/3636—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers characterised by the cross-sectional shape of the mechanical coupling means the mechanical coupling means being grooves
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- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/3628—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers
- G02B6/3648—Supporting carriers of a microbench type, i.e. with micromachined additional mechanical structures
- G02B6/3652—Supporting carriers of a microbench type, i.e. with micromachined additional mechanical structures the additional structures being prepositioning mounting areas, allowing only movement in one dimension, e.g. grooves, trenches or vias in the microbench surface, i.e. self aligning supporting carriers
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- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/3628—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers
- G02B6/3684—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers characterised by the manufacturing process of surface profiling of the supporting carrier
- G02B6/3692—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers characterised by the manufacturing process of surface profiling of the supporting carrier with surface micromachining involving etching, e.g. wet or dry etching steps
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- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/3628—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers
- G02B6/3684—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers characterised by the manufacturing process of surface profiling of the supporting carrier
- G02B6/3696—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers characterised by the manufacturing process of surface profiling of the supporting carrier by moulding, e.g. injection moulding, casting, embossing, stamping, stenciling, printing, or with metallic mould insert manufacturing using LIGA or MIGA techniques
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- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
- G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
- G02B6/381—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs of the ferrule type, e.g. fibre ends embedded in ferrules, connecting a pair of fibres
- G02B6/3818—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs of the ferrule type, e.g. fibre ends embedded in ferrules, connecting a pair of fibres of a low-reflection-loss type
- G02B6/3821—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs of the ferrule type, e.g. fibre ends embedded in ferrules, connecting a pair of fibres of a low-reflection-loss type with axial spring biasing or loading means
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- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
- G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
- G02B6/3873—Connectors using guide surfaces for aligning ferrule ends, e.g. tubes, sleeves, V-grooves, rods, pins, balls
- G02B6/3885—Multicore or multichannel optical connectors, i.e. one single ferrule containing more than one fibre, e.g. ribbon type
Definitions
- the present invention relates to the field of information transmission using optical fibers. It relates to a method for releasably connecting two groups of optical fibers according to the preamble of claim 1 and a connector for carrying out the method.
- the single ferrule variants offer the proven quality and reliability and are often easy to configure "in the field". However, the potential for further miniaturization and reduction in manufacturing costs is limited. It has also already been proposed (US Pat. No. 5,436,993) to connect multi-fiber cables to one another by means of a multiplicity of individual ferrule cables. However, the construction of these multiple connectors with single ferrules is complicated and time-consuming and leads to comparatively high plug-in forces.
- the ferrule which is mostly made of thermoplastics and in which these pins are embedded, is subject to high mechanical loads with repeated mating cycles and temperature fluctuations. This fact and the fact that individual dirt particles can jeopardize the functionality of several fiber connections due to the large contact area pose a clear risk to reliability.
- the bending principle offers a clear advantage: 5 length tolerances in the order of magnitude of up to ⁇ 50..100 ⁇ m can be easily compensated for, while the contact pressure between the two bent fiber ends remains almost constant.
- the relatively strong deformation of the fibers also has 10 decisive disadvantages: On the one hand, a minimum bending radius must not be undercut in order to avoid (especially also polarization-dependent) additional optical losses. This limits the minimum overall length of the connector. On the other hand, the bending stress increases the risk of fiber breakage, which can impair reliability 15. Finally, the stress states which occur during the bending of the fibers and are not radially symmetrical with respect to the central fiber axis can lead to permanent changes in the optical transmission behavior. Attempts are being made to take these problems into account by using special fibers. with higher bending strength, or specially coated glass fibers are used 20. However, such additional measures increase the manufacturing costs and make acceptance by users more difficult.
- the object is achieved by the entirety of the features of claims 1 and 11.
- the essence of the invention is to precisely align the fiber pairs to be connected individually during the insertion process before the end faces meet, and then to bring about tolerance compensation of the fiber lengths and the necessary contact pressure for the fiber pairs by means of a largely elastic axial compression of the fibers.
- the individual fibers of the two groups are movably supported over a predetermined free length, and the fibers are fixed in the lateral direction during alignment over the major part of their free length. Due to the lateral fixation, practically the entire free length of the fibers is available for the elastic compression, so that the compressive stress associated with a tolerance compensation is distributed homogeneously over the free fiber length and thus the elastic deformations are kept low.
- a fiber block is preferably assigned to each group of fibers as a holding element, each group being firmly connected, in particular glued or potted, to the associated fiber block in a rear part of the fiber block, and each fiber having the free length being movable prior to alignment lies on the associated fiber block.
- Each of the fiber blocks has an end face oriented transversely to the fiber axis. The fibers lying on the fiber block are cut to length so that they protrude from the end face of the fiber block.
- the end faces of the two fiber blocks are pressed against one another in such a way that the protruding fibers are compressed in the axial direction.
- the protrusion of the fibers over the end faces of the fiber blocks is preferably a few micrometers, preferably between 5 and 20 micrometers.
- the design of the end face of the fiber blocks does not necessarily have to consist of a simple plane surface, but can include cutouts or suitable structures, among other things for the purpose of mutual lateral centering of two fiber blocks to be connected in the inserted state.
- an alignment element is used to align and fix the fibers, which extends in the axial direction essentially over the free lengths of both fibers of a pair of fibers to be connected, and which for each pair of fibers runs in the axial direction , preferably axially invariant guide profile.
- Another preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the alignment element for aligning and fixing the fibers is lowered transversely to the axial direction in a relative movement onto the fiber blocks until the fibers lie in pairs in the associated guide profile and are laterally fixed such that the movement of the alignment element relative to the fiber blocks coupled with the relative movement of the fiber blocks to one another, and that the coupling of the movements of the fiber blocks and the alignment element takes place via lateral guide geometries on the fiber blocks and thus cooperating side guides on the alignment element.
- the means for coupling the movements of the fiber blocks and the alignment element can also be configured differently and placed at other locations on the plug connection.
- the guide profiles in the alignment element narrow vertically to the guide direction with increasing depth, in particular are V-shaped, and if the fiber pairs are pressed into the guide profiles during alignment and fixing by means of elastically deformable means attached to the fiber blocks.
- a preferred embodiment of the plug connection according to the invention is characterized in that the alignment means in the coupling comprise an alignment element which is movably mounted transversely to the axial direction relative to the fiber blocks and which has a guide profile which is invariant in the axial direction for each of the fiber pairs on a side facing the fibers.
- each of the fiber blocks has an end face oriented transversely to the fiber axis, and the fibers lying on the fiber block are cut to length such that they protrude with respect to the end face of the fiber block, the protrusion of the fibers over the end faces of the fiber blocks being a few micrometers, preferably between 5 and 20 microns.
- the plug connection is designed such that when the plug parts are inserted into the coupling, the alignment element executes a relative movement, coupled to the relative movement of the fiber blocks, relative to the axial direction, coupling means being provided in particular for coupling the movements of fiber blocks and the alignment element, preferably the fiber blocks on the longitudinal sides extending in the axial direction as the coupling means, In particular, have height-variable guide rails which cooperate with the alignment element in a leading manner when the plug parts are inserted.
- the guide profiles of the alignment element are preferably designed as V-shaped grooves, and the fiber blocks comprise means which, in cooperation with the guide profiles, bring about the alignment and lateral fixation of the fibers, the alignment and fixation means in particular either axially extending fiber grooves or transverse to the axial direction comprise elastically deformable elements, in particular in the form of a flexible membrane or an elastic layer or individual spring elements or a flexible structural element.
- the connector structure and the assembly are simplified if the groups of fibers are glued to the fiber blocks, the fibers of each group being guided through fiber-holding combs formed on the fiber block, which limit the gluing in the axial direction and determine the free length of the fibers.
- the fiber blocks preferably consist of a dimensionally stable material, in particular a ceramic, which is matched to the fibers in the thermal expansion coefficient. In particular, they can be polished on the end faces.
- the alignment element is preferably made of a plastic and in particular by an injection molding process. To increase the surface hardness of the associated guide profiles and to reduce the sliding friction of the fibers on the surface, it can be coated with a dielectric or metallic material or a combination of materials.
- Figure 1 is a perspective side view of a fiber block for a connector according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 2 shows a detail of the top perspective view of the unglued fiber block according to FIG. 1 with the fiber grooves, the fiber holding comb and a trench-like depression acting as an adhesive barrier;
- FIG. 3 shows a perspective side view of an alignment element for aligning and laterally fixing the fibers in the exemplary plug connection
- Figure 4 is a perspective side view of the interaction of a fiber block with the alignment element in the exemplary connector.
- FIG. 5 shows a cross section through the arrangement shown in FIG. 4 in the region of the free length of the fibers
- FIG. 6 shows a cross section through the arrangement shown in FIG. 4 in the region of the trench-like depression behind the fiber holding comb;
- FIG. 7 shows the assignment of the two fiber blocks in the inserted state of the exemplary plug connection, the alignment element being shown for the sake of visibility; 8 shows the actual assignment of the two fiber blocks and the alignment element in the inserted state of the exemplary plug connection;
- FIG. 9 in different partial figures (Fig. 9a-f) the different stages of an insertion process in the exemplary connector.
- Fig. 10 in different partial figures Fig. 10a-d
- different embodiments of the elastic fixation of the fibers in the V-shaped guide profiles of the alignment element Fig. 10a-d
- the inventive solution does not need a ferrule in the classic sense. It is designed to meet the following requirements:
- PC physical contact
- the basic physical requirements for an efficient optical coupling between two fibers in physical contact consist of a sufficiently good mutual lateral centering, the best possible surface quality of the fiber end surface and a minimal axial contact force in the order of magnitude of approx.0.4 N per fiber (see for example the article by M. Kobayashi et al., Injection Molded Plastic Multifiber Connector Realizing Physical Contact with Fiber Elasticity, IEEE J. Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Vol.5, No.5, P.1271 -1277 (1999)). Due to a smooth surface and the contact pressure, the back reflections (indicated by the
- the functional principle of the plug connection according to the present invention is based on an individual centering of the individual fibers of the array with respect to their respective counterparts (centering in pairs). This is preferably done within a structure in the manner of an axial V-groove (generally speaking in a guide profile invariant in the axial fiber direction), in which both fibers are aligned with one another without mechanical overdetermination using only two reference surfaces.
- the fibers to be coupled lie optimally on the surfaces of the guide profile, only the core eccentricity as well as the ellipticity and tolerance of the outside diameter of the fibers are decisive for the positioning tolerances.
- the central elements of the preferred exemplary embodiment of the plug connection according to the invention are shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 in relation to one another.
- the plug connection 10 comprises two plug parts S1, S2 (FIG. 9), each with a holding element for the group of fibers of a multi-fiber cable, which is referred to as fiber block 13 or 13 ', and a centering or alignment element 20 in a coupling K.
- the fiber block 13, 13 ' serves (analogous to the ferrule) to accommodate a group of fibers 12 or 12' of a multi-fiber cable 11 or 11 '.
- the individual fibers 12, 12 ' lie loosely and roughly pre-centered on the surface of the fiber block 13, 13' in the front part and have a defined projection of a few micrometers, in particular 5 to 20 micrometers, over the Front edge (end face 17) of the fiber block 13, 13 'out.
- the compression of the fibers 12, 12 ' is set via this projection.
- the length of the loose storage of the fibers is preferably in the range of a few millimeters, on the one hand to keep the length changes due to different temperature coefficients low and on the other hand to keep the required compression forces low (a few Newtons per fiber or smaller).
- the guide rails 14, 14 'and side guides 22, 22' instead of the guide rails 14, 14 'and side guides 22, 22', to form other guide means at another point in the plug connection.
- the coupled relative movement of the alignment element 20 and the fiber blocks 13, 13 ' also enables the individual fibers 12, 12' to be inserted in a defined manner into the guide profiles or grooves 21 provided, which are accommodated in a plateau 23 on the underside of the alignment element 20 (FIG 3). Since this only occurs immediately before the fiber ends to be coupled come into contact, a longer friction path of the fibers 12, 12 'in the guide profiles 21 is avoided. In addition, the individual fibers 12, 12 'can compensate for the remaining positioning tolerances by individual alignment. When the fibers 12, 12 'lie completely against the side walls of the guide profiles 21 and the necessary vertical holding force is thus present, the fibers 12, 12' are compressed in the longitudinal direction until the end face contact of the fiber blocks involved.
- the fiber block 13 shown in FIG. 1 serves to accommodate the fiber bundle or array of a group of fibers, which in the present example comprises twelve fibers 12.
- the fibers 12 are glued in a rear part 15 of the fiber block 13 up to the fiber holding comb 16 (see also FIG. 2).
- the fibers 12 are roughly guided with a free length in the provided fiber grooves 18 (FIGS. 2, 5).
- the fiber grooves 18 are used for rough prepositioning of the fibers 12, the shape of the fiber grooves 18 being such that the fibers, which for example have a diameter of 125 ⁇ m, can move laterally in an order of magnitude of ⁇ 10 ⁇ m.
- the following variants can also be used as a base (FIG. 10): • A planar and unstructured base area (without illustration). • A structured base surface provided with recesses 25 with an elastic membrane placed thereon (FIG. 10a). • An unstructured base with a thin elastic layer 26 made of a suitable material (Fig. 10b). • A structured base area provided with recesses 28 with spring elements 27 machined directly out of the block (FIG. 10c). A flexible structural element 29 (FIG. 10d) subsequently inserted into a recess 30, as has been proposed in a different context, for example in US Pat. No. 6,132,105.
- the geometry of the fiber holding comb 16, 16 ' is intended to facilitate the insertion of the fibers 12, 12' and to close the gluing point towards the front part of the fiber block 13, 13 '(FIG. 6). Therefore, immediately after the fiber holding comb 16, 16 'there is a transverse trench-like depression 19 (FIG. 3) as an adhesive stop (capillary barrier).
- the fibers 12, 12 ' are glued into the fiber blocks 13, 13' or processed after gluing in such a way that there is an exact projection of the fiber ends over the end face 17 of the fiber block 13, 13 '. This projection corresponds to the compression in the inserted state of the plug connection 10.
- the material of the fiber blocks 13, 13 ' is primarily mechanical stability, shape retention and above all the thermal expansion coefficient are decisive.
- the thermal expansion coefficients of fiber block 13, 13 'and glass fibers 12, 12' must be matched as well as possible so that the temperature dependence of the fiber overhang can be kept as low as possible (and thus the contact pressure between the fibers ensured).
- a ceramic is particularly suitable as a suitable material.
- the alignment element 20 shown in the inverted state in FIG. 3 serves for the final alignment or positioning of the fibers 12, 12 ′ in the inserted state via corresponding guide profiles 21 in the form of V-grooves.
- the V-grooves are symmetrical with any angle, for example a 60 ° angle.
- the length of the guide profiles 21 or V-grooves is selected such that in the inserted state approx. 3 ⁇ of the free length of the fibers 12, 12 'in the fiber block 13, 13' lie against the groove (FIG. 4).
- the thermal expansion of the alignment element 20 in the axial direction, i.e. in the direction of the guide profiles 21, is only of limited importance for the functionality of the connector 10.
- the fiber blocks 13, 13 'and the alignment element 20 perform mechanically coupled relative movements in the plug connection 10 during the insertion process, which enable the fibers 12, 12' to be inserted in the guide profiles 21 of the alignment element 20 in a stepwise manner.
- the mechanical coupling of the relative movements takes place via suitable coupling means, in the exemplary embodiment shown via the to the Longitudinally variable guide rails 14, 14 'arranged on the long sides of the fiber blocks 13, 13', each comprising a higher plateau 14b and two inclined ramps 14a, 14c.
- these guide rails 14, 14 ' are "moved" by the side guides 22, 22' formed on the underside of the alignment element 20, as can be seen in FIG. 9.
- the starting point is the configuration shown in FIG. 9a, in which the fiber blocks 13, 13 'in the plug parts S1, S2 are still far apart and the alignment element 20 is raised.
- the alignment element 20 lowers in a relative movement such that it rests in an initial contact on the front ramps 14c of the fiber blocks 13, 13 '(FIG. 9b).
- the alignment element 20 is raised in a relative movement when the front ramps 14c are moved away, so that the fibers 12, 12 'cannot hit the edges of the alignment element 20 with their front ends (FIG. 9c).
- the alignment element 20 When reaching the rear ramp 14a of the fiber blocks 13, 13 '(FIG. 9d), the alignment element 20 slowly lowers in a relative movement, so that the fibers 12, 12' slide into the guide profiles 21 (V-grooves) of the alignment element 20.
- the material and manufacturing process for the fiber blocks 13, 13 'and the alignment element 20 can be characterized as follows:
- Fiber block The fiber block should have the smallest possible difference in the thermal expansion coefficient (CTE) to the fibers 12, 12 '. On the other hand, the production of the block should be manageable at low cost and safely.
- the following materials are therefore possible: • Glass / quartz; best adjustment regarding CTE; Processing using etching technologies in the wafer area. • silicon; good CTE adaptation; Processing using etching technologies in the wafer area. • Foturan ® ; the photosensitive glass ceramic can be processed using lithographic and etching methods in the wafer area; relatively good CTE adaptation. • zirconia or alumina ceramic; Injection molding process possible; flexible design; relatively good CTE adaptation; conventional machining before and after sintering possible.
- the alignment element 20 need not necessarily be adapted in the CTE. However, the surface structure must be precise to ensure precise alignment of the fiber pairs. Possible materials and manufacturing processes are: • Injection molding processes with high-quality polymers such as PPS or LCP; high dimensional accuracy; high temperature stability; comparatively good abrasion resistance; Plasma coating possible; the injection molding tools must be manufactured with great precision. • silicon; Processing by etching technologies in the wafer area; high accuracy achievable.
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