IP Library Granted Patent US 9,739,959
Granted Patent B2
US 9,739,959 · App. 14/975,375 · Granted Aug 22, 2017

Optical transmission apparatus

Inventors: Kondo Masahiko (Fukuoka, JP); Koji Kano (Fukuoka, JP); Yoshiaki Tobimatsu (Fukuoka, JP); Takahisa Yoshizumi (Fukuoka, JP); Kazuya Satoh (Fukuoka, JP)
Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
G02B6/4269G02B6/32G02B6/3893G02B6/4257G02B6/4261G02B6/4292H04B10/501G02B6/4249
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Patent No.
US 9,739,959
App. No.
14/975,375
Granted
Aug 22, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical transmission apparatus includes a substrate and a heatsink. The substrate is a substrate on which multiple light sources and a heat generating part are mounted. The heatsink includes a base portion, a fin portion, and multiple light guiding paths. The base portion is arranged on a surface of the heat generating part on an opposite side to the substrate. The fin portion rises up from a surface of the base portion on an opposite side to the heat generating part. The multiple light guiding paths are formed inside the base portion, and guide lights emitted by the multiple light sources to multiple output destinations corresponding to the multiple light sources.

Claims (27)

1. An optical transmission apparatus comprising:

a substrate on which a plurality of light sources and a heat generating part are mounted; and

a heatsink that includes a base portion that is arranged on a surface of the heat generating part on an opposite side to the substrate and that is bent toward the light sources from the surface of the heat generating part on the opposite side to the substrate to come close to the light sources without contacting the substrate, a fin portion that rises up from a surface of the base portion on an opposite side to the heat generating part, and a plurality of light guiding paths that are formed inside the base portion and that guide lights emitted by the light sources to a plurality of output destinations, respectively.

2. The optical transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

on walls that surround each of the light guiding paths inside the base portion, a reflecting portion that reflects light is formed.

3. The optical transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the light guiding paths are formed in region other than a region corresponding to the fin portion, in a region inside the base portion.

4. The optical transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the heatsink is divided into a plurality of division units along any one of a plane including at least a part of a center axis of each of the light guiding paths, and a plane parallel to the part thereof, and is assembled by joining the division units.

5. The optical transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the light guiding paths includes a plurality of light-guiding path groups that are formed separately from each other along a direction of thickness of the base portion in a region inside the base portion.

6. The optical transmission apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

the light-guiding path groups are formed in a region inside the base portion so as to be overlapped with each other when viewed from the direction of thickness of the base portion.

7. The optical transmission apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

the light-guiding path groups are formed in a region inside the base portion so as not to be overlapped with each other when viewed from the direction of thickness of the base portion.

8. The optical transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

a material having a refractive index higher than a refractive index of a vacuum is filled in the light guiding paths.

9. The optical transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

an optical fiber is inserted in the light guiding paths.

10. The optical transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

at an end of the light guiding paths opposing to the output destinations, a lens to diffuse light is arranged.

11. The optical transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the heat generating part is a module to which a optical transmission path is connected, and a cage to which the module is inserted,

the cage is formed in a region in which the base portion is arranged on a surface on an opposite side to the substrate, and includes an opening at which the module is exposed with the module inserted in the cage, and

the base portion includes an abutting portion that abuts on the module through the opening with the module inserted in the cage.

12. The optical transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the light guiding paths are bent toward the light sources together with the base portion, inside the base portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2015
From: MASAHIKO, KONDO; KANO, KOJI; TOBIMATSU, YOSHIAKI; YOSHIZUMI, TAKAHISA; SATOH, KAZUYA
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 037344/0142 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-003543 · Jan 9, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160202434A1 · Jul 14, 2016