Characteristics of an SC-type optical fiber connector with a newly developed pre-assembled ferrule

Author

Kanayama, Kazunori ; Nagase, Ryo ; Kato, Kuniharu ; Oguchi, Shigemitsu ; Yoshizawa, Takashi ; Nagayama, Akira

Author_Institution

NTT Human Interface Labs., Musashino, Japan

Volume

7

Issue

5

fYear

1995

fDate

5/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

520

Lastpage

522

Abstract

A new pre-assembled (PRE-ASSE) ferrule has been developed for use in SC connectors that simplifies and automates SC connector assembly. The PRE-ASSE ferrule consists of a zirconia ferrule, a rear outer shell, a coil spring, and a newly developed plate spring. The features are as follows: 1) The tolerance of the loss increment caused by fiber-cable pulling and bending is almost the same as that of a conventional SC connector. 2) It is possible to orient the fiber-core eccentricity. 3) The SC connector can be easily assembled manually. These features are achieved by the loosely coupling mechanism using the newly developed plate spring. The characteristics of this SC-type optical fiber connector are almost the same as those of a conventional one.<>

Keywords

assembling; bending; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre fabrication; PRE-ASSE ferrule; SC connector assembly; SC-type optical fiber connector; coil spring; fiber-cable bending; fiber-cable pulling; fiber-core eccentricity; loosely coupling mechanism; loss increment; plate spring; pre-assembled; pre-assembled ferrule; rear outer shell; zirconia ferrule; Assembly; Connectors; Costs; Flanges; Laboratories; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Springs;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.384530

Filename

384530