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Two-way optical communication device and two-way optical communication apparatus
Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 2000-02-17
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Granted: 2003-02-04
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Expires: 2020-02-17
Abstract
Abstract In a two-way optical communication device, a rising mirror bends light transmitted from a light-emitting element in a virtually perpendicular direction to a surface of a substrate, and the light is gathered on an end of an optical fiber via a light-gathering mirror having a curved surface and is coupled to the optical fiber. Further, in the two-way optical communication device, received light, that is propagated from the optical fiber, is reflected on the light-gathering mirror and is gathered on the light-receiving element. The two-way optical communication device can transmit and receive light through a single optical fiber, causing only small loss in transmission and reception, so that light can be efficiently coupled to an optical fiber such as a POF having a large diameter.
Inventors
- 👤 Hideaki Fujita
- 👤 Yorishige Ishii
- 👤 Yoshifumi Iwai
- 👤 Toshiyuki Matushima
- 👤 Toshihiro Tamura
- 👤 Yukio Kurata
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 20:50
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B6/00; G02B6/24; G02B6/42; G02B6/4201; G02B6/4246; G02B6/4204; G02B6/4214
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
97 words
A two-way optical communication device, comprising: a light-emitting element for generating modulated light in accordance with a data signal, as transmitted light, and emitting said transmitted light to be propagated via an optical fiber, a light-receiving element for receiving light propagated via said same one optical fiber, for generating said data signal, and a concave mirror which reflects the transmitted light so as to couple the light to an end face of said same one optical fiber and reflects the received light emitted from the end face so as to emit the light to said light-receiving element.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
97 words
A two-way optical communication device, comprising: a light-emitting element for generating modulated light in accordance with a data signal, as transmitted light, and emitting said transmitted light to be propagated via an optical fiber, a light-receiving element for receiving light propagated via said same one optical fiber, for generating said data signal, and a concave mirror which reflects the transmitted light so as to couple the light to an end face of said same one optical fiber and reflects the received light emitted from the end face so as to emit the light to said light-receiving element.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
The two-way optical communication device as defined in claim 1 , wherein at least a part of an area for reflecting the transmitted light and at least a part of an area for reflecting the received light overlap each other on said light-gathering mirror.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The two-way optical communication device as defined in claim 1 , wherein said light-gathering mirror reduces a numerical aperture of said transmitted light and directs the light to said optical fiber.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
The two-way optical communication device as defined in claim 1 , further comprising an optical member which reduces a numerical aperture of light transmitted from said light-emitting element and directs the light to said light-gathering mirror.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
The two-way optical communication device as defined in claim 1 , further comprising a rising mirror which directs light transmitted from said light-emitting element, to said light-gathering mirror.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
The two-way optical communication device as defined in claim 5 , wherein said rising mirror has a concave and curved surface so as to reduce a numerical aperture of light transmitted from said light-emitting element.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
The two-way optical communication device as defined in claim 5 , further comprising a substrate on which said light-receiving element is mounted, wherein said light-emitting element is an end face emitting type and is disposed on said substrate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
The two-way optical communication device as defined in claim 7 , wherein transmitted light from said light-emitting element has an optical axis being arranged virtually in parallel with a surface of said substrate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
48 words
The two-way optical communication device as defined in claim 1 , further comprising a substrate on which said light-receiving element and said light-emitting element are disposed, wherein said light-receiving element on said substrate has a light-receiving surface being in parallel with an optical axis of said optical fiber.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
The two-way optical communication device as defined in claim 1 , wherein said light-gathering mirror has a mirror surface which is rotating elliptic.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
38 words
The two-way optical communication device as defined in claim 10 , wherein said optical fiber, said light-receiving element, and said light-emitting element are arranged respectively in accordance with focal positions on the mirror surface of said light-gathering mirror.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
58 words
The two-way optical communication device as defined in claim 11 , wherein said optical fiber is disposed in accordance with one of the focal positions on the mirror surface of said light-gathering mirror, and said light-receiving element and said light-emitting element are disposed in accordance with the other focal position on the mirror surface of said light-gathering mirror.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
25 words
The two-way optical communication device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the light-receiving surface of said light-receiving element is formed into a bow shape.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
35 words
The two-way optical communication device as defined in claim 1 , wherein a light-receiving surface of said light-receiving element and an emitting position of light transmitted from said light-emitting element are close to each other.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
99 words
A two-way optical communication apparatus, comprising a plurality of two-way optical communication devices, each being optically coupled to each end of an optical fiber so as to conduct two-way optical communication, wherein at least one of a plurality of said two-way optical communication devices includes a concave mirror, and said concave mirror reflects light transmitted from a light-emitting element so as to couple the light to an end of said same one optical fiber and said mirror reflects light received from the end of said same one optical fiber so as to emit the light onto a light-receiving element.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
99 words
A two-way optical communication apparatus, comprising a plurality of two-way optical communication devices, each being optically coupled to each end of an optical fiber so as to conduct two-way optical communication, wherein at least one of a plurality of said two-way optical communication devices includes a concave mirror, and said concave mirror reflects light transmitted from a light-emitting element so as to couple the light to an end of said same one optical fiber and said mirror reflects light received from the end of said same one optical fiber so as to emit the light onto a light-receiving element.
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