Background
Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a short fiber assembly in the prior art, wherein the short fiber assembly comprises an optical port adapter, an optical fiber and an AWG (arrayed waveguide grating) chip, and one end of the optical fiber is coupled with the optical port adapter, and the other end of the optical fiber is coupled with the AWG chip. Specifically, the optical fiber is coupled and connected with the AWG chip through a tail pipe. In order to ensure that the short fiber assembly can be well coupled and mounted on a circuit board of an optical module, the length from the bottom surface of the convex edge of the optical port adapter to the output end of the AWG chip generally needs to be ensured to meet design indexes.
Because the optical fiber is weak, is easy to bend or incline, the output end of the AWG chip is easy to damage and crack, and is inconvenient to clamp and touch.
The existing method for measuring the length of the short fiber component is that a base is arranged, and a clamping groove for fixing the optical port adapter and a supporting table for supporting a chip tail pipe are arranged on the base. Through the design of structural height matching, after the optical port adapter and the AWG chip are respectively placed on the clamping groove and the supporting table, the central lines of the optical port adapter, the tail pipe and the AWG chip are positioned on the same axis, and then the required length is measured by using a measuring tool. In this way, the clamping grooves and the supporting tables with different shapes and heights are arranged on the base, due to machining tolerance (for example, ±0.03 mm) of the metal piece, the machining tolerance of 0.03mm exists at the bottom surface of the clamping groove, the tolerance of 0.03mm exists at the table surface of the supporting table, namely, after the clamping groove bottom surface of the clamp base and the table surface of the supporting table are placed by the AWG short fiber assembly, the overlapping height tolerance of 0.06mm exists at the height between the centers of the two optical fibers, namely, the centers of the actual optical port adapter, the optical fibers and the tail pipe end of the chip are not positioned on the same axis, and the measured fiber length is about 0.1mm shorter than the actual length due to the combination of the short fiber length (for example, 20 mm). The optical device is a high-precision product, and the length of the optical device is different by 0.1mm, so that poor installation can be caused, and the product is scrapped. And the shorter the actual component fiber length is, the larger the influence of the superposition height tolerance on the measurement accuracy is.
If two mechanical limiting parts or clamping parts are adopted to respectively clamp the optical port adapter and the chip end tail pipe, and the three-dimensional positions between the optical port adapter and the chip end tail pipe are adjusted simply through a mechanical movement mechanism, so that the centers of the optical port adapter and the chip end tail pipe and the optical fiber are positioned on the same axis, on one hand, the precision of the movement mechanism is insufficient, and high-precision fine adjustment cannot be realized, on the other hand, the two ends of the optical port adapter and the chip end tail pipe are required to be reduced in height difference and the two ends of the optical fiber are required to be pulled far away on the same axis, the conventional three-dimensional mechanical adjustment cannot be carried out in two directions simultaneously, if the height difference is reduced firstly, the optical fiber in the middle of the assembly is further bent, the adjustment amplitude is not well controlled and is easy to damage the optical fiber, and if the horizontal distance is regulated firstly, the pulling force is easy to form on the connecting points at the two ends of the optical fiber, and the short fiber assembly is easy to damage.
Accordingly, there is a need for an improvement over existing staple fiber assembly length measurement devices that does not damage the staple fiber assembly during the process of measuring the length of the staple fiber assembly.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a short fiber assembly length measuring device, which solves the problem that the short fiber assembly is easy to damage in the conventional short fiber assembly length measuring device.
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention provides a short fiber component length measuring device which comprises an air supply device, a base, a cover plate and a CCD camera, wherein the cover plate is arranged on the base and is detachably and fixedly connected with the base, a clamping groove for accommodating the short fiber component and an air passage with one end communicated with the clamping groove and the other end communicated with the air supply device are formed in the base, an air exhaust through hole with one end communicated with the clamping groove is formed in the cover plate, the part of the cover plate opposite to the clamping groove is a transparent area and/or the part of the base opposite to the clamping groove is a transparent area, the part of the base corresponding to at least one side face of the clamping groove along the length direction of the short fiber component is a transparent area, and the CCD camera is used for collecting image information of the transparent area.
Optionally, the clamping groove comprises an adapter optical port clamping groove which is arranged on the base and used for accommodating an optical port adapter, an optical fiber limiting groove which is communicated with the adapter optical port clamping groove and used for accommodating an optical fiber, and a chip accommodating groove which is communicated with the optical fiber limiting groove and used for accommodating an AWG chip.
Optionally, the air flue includes seting up the bottom of base with the air inlet channel of air feeder intercommunication, and one end with the sub-air flue of air inlet channel intercommunication, the other end of sub-air flue is located respectively the both sides face and the tank bottom middle part of optic fibre spacing groove, the both sides of chip holding tank and with tail tube, AWG chip pointed end correspondence department, and the bottom of adapter light mouth draw-in groove.
Optionally, the short fiber assembly length measuring device further comprises a regulating valve, and the regulating valve is arranged on each sub air passage.
Optionally, an air hole is further formed in the area, corresponding to the middle of the optical fiber limiting groove, on the cover plate, and the air hole is communicated with the air supply device.
Optionally, an adapter propping assembly is further arranged on the base and used for propping the bottom surface of the convex edge of the adapter against the groove surface of the optical port clamping groove of the adapter.
Optionally, the adapter jack subassembly include with the adjusting screw of base threaded connection and with adjusting screw one end is connected and set up the elasticity kicking block in the adapter light mouth draw-in groove.
Optionally, the exhaust through hole includes a first avoidance opening and a second avoidance opening which are formed on the cover plate and respectively correspond to the optical port adapter and the AWG chip.
Optionally, the base is further provided with a pressure relief air passage communicated with the clamping groove.
Optionally, the base is fixedly connected with the cover plate through a screw.
The short fiber assembly length measuring device provided by the invention has the following beneficial effects:
Because offer the holding on the base the draw-in groove of short fiber subassembly, and one end with the draw-in groove intercommunication other end with the air feeder intercommunication air flue, just offer one end with the exhaust through-hole of draw-in groove intercommunication on the apron, consequently when aerifing in the draw-in groove on to the base through air feeder, the air current can with AWG chip in the short fiber subassembly compresses tightly on the apron, just the short fiber subassembly can straighten under the effect of air current, consequently the accessible CCD camera is used for gathering transparent regional image information, can be through the length of CCD camera collection the light mouth adapter chimb bottom surface to AWG chip output of the short fiber subassembly this moment after the short fiber subassembly straightens. Because the short fiber component is straightened through the air flow, the short fiber component can not be damaged in the measurement process, and because the CCD camera is used for monitoring the effect of the air flow straightening short fiber component, the precision that the center of the optical port adapter, the optical fiber and the chip tail pipe end of the short fiber component are positioned on the same axis can be ensured, and meanwhile, the CCD camera is used for measuring the length from the bottom surface of the convex edge of the optical port adapter to the output end of the AWG chip, the measurement precision is higher, so that the short fiber component length measurement device has the characteristics of high detection precision and no damage to the short fiber component.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a prior art staple fiber assembly;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a device for measuring the length of a staple fiber assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a part of a length measuring device of a short fiber module according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a structure of a device for measuring a length of a fiber assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention without a cover plate;
FIG. 5 is an enlarged partial schematic view of FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a base of a device for measuring the length of a staple fiber assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a base in a staple fiber assembly length measurement device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a structure in which an adapter jack assembly is mounted on a base of a device for measuring the length of a fiber assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of a base on which an adapter jack assembly and a staple fiber assembly are mounted in a device for measuring a length of a staple fiber assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Reference numerals illustrate:
110-an optical port adapter, 120-an optical fiber, 130-an AWG chip, 140-a tail pipe, 150-an adapter convex edge bottom surface and 160-an AWG chip output end;
200-an air supply device;
300-base, 310-clamping groove, 311-adapter optical port clamping groove, 312-optical fiber limiting groove, 313-chip accommodating groove, 321-air inlet channel and 322-sub air channel;
400-cover plate, 411-first avoidance opening, 412-second avoidance opening, 420-air hole;
500-adapter jack assembly, 510-adjusting screw, 520-elastic jack block;
600-screw.
Detailed Description
For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments of the present invention. The units of the embodiments of the invention generally described and illustrated in the figures herein may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.
Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the invention, as presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.
It should be noted that like reference numerals and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus once an item is defined in one figure, no further definition or explanation thereof is necessary in the following figures.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, directions or positional relationships indicated by terms such as "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., are directions or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, or are directions or positional relationships conventionally put in use of the inventive product, are merely for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and are not indicative or implying that the apparatus or element to be referred to must have a specific direction, be constructed and operated in a specific direction, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," "third," and the like are used merely to distinguish between descriptions and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
Furthermore, the terms "horizontal," "vertical," and the like do not denote a requirement that the component be absolutely horizontal or overhang, but rather may be slightly inclined. As "horizontal" merely means that its direction is more horizontal than "vertical", and does not mean that the structure must be perfectly horizontal, but may be slightly inclined.
In the description of the present invention, it should also be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "disposed," "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, integrally connected, mechanically connected, electrically connected, directly connected, indirectly connected through an intermediary, or in communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.
Referring to fig. 2,3,4, 5,6,7, 8 and 9, fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a device for measuring a length of a staple fiber assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a portion of the device for measuring a length of a staple fiber assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a portion of the device for measuring a length of a staple fiber assembly without a cover 400, fig. 5 is a schematic enlarged partial view of fig. 4, fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a base 300 of the device for measuring a length of a staple fiber assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 7 is a sectional view of the base 300 of the device for measuring a length of a staple fiber assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of a portion of the device for measuring a length of a staple fiber assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention with an adapter jack assembly 500 mounted on the base 300 of the device for measuring a staple fiber assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of the device for measuring a portion of a staple fiber assembly with a portion of the present invention without a cover 400, and fig. 7 is provided, a schematic view of the device for measuring a length of a staple fiber assembly comprising: the air supply device 200, the base 300, the cover plate 400 which covers the base 300 and is detachably and fixedly connected with the base 300, and the CCD camera, wherein the base 300 is provided with a clamping groove 310 for accommodating the short fiber component, an air passage with one end communicated with the clamping groove 310 and the other end communicated with the air supply device 200, the cover plate 400 is provided with an air exhaust through hole with one end communicated with the clamping groove 310, the part of the cover plate 400 opposite to the clamping groove 310 is a transparent area and/or the part of the base 300 opposite to the clamping groove 310 is a transparent area, the part of the base 300 corresponding to at least one side surface of the clamping groove 310 along the length direction of the short fiber component is a transparent area, the CCD camera is used for collecting image information of the transparent area.
Because the base 300 is provided with the clamping groove 310 for accommodating the short fiber assembly, and the air passage with one end communicated with the clamping groove 310 and the other end communicated with the air supply device 200, and the cover plate 400 is provided with the exhaust through hole with one end communicated with the clamping groove 310, when the air supply device 200 is used for inflating the clamping groove 310 on the base 300, the AWG chip 130 in the short fiber assembly can be pressed on the cover plate 400 by air flow, and the short fiber assembly can be straightened under the action of the air flow, so that the CCD camera can be used for collecting image information of a transparent area, and the length from the bottom surface of the convex edge of the optical port adapter 110 of the short fiber assembly to the AWG chip output end 160 can be collected through the CCD camera after the short fiber assembly is straightened. Because the short fiber component is straightened through the air flow, the short fiber component can not be damaged in the measurement process, because the CCD camera is adopted to monitor the effect of straightening the short fiber component through the air flow (for example, CCD cameras are arranged on two lateral surfaces in the length direction of the short fiber component, whether the centers of the optical port adapter, the optical fiber and the chip tail pipe end are positioned on the same axis can be observed from two lateral surfaces (the lateral surface parallel to the thickness direction of the short fiber component and the lateral surface perpendicular to the thickness direction of the short fiber component) in the length direction of the short fiber component, so that the precision of the optical port adapter, the optical fiber and the chip tail pipe end of the short fiber component on the same axis can be ensured, and meanwhile, the CCD camera is adopted to measure the length from the bottom surface of the convex edge of the optical port adapter 110 to the AWG chip output end 160, so that the measurement precision is higher, and the length measurement device of the short fiber component has the characteristics of high detection precision and no damage to the short fiber component.
Referring to fig. 4,5, 6,7,8 and 9, the card slot 310 includes an adapter optical port card slot 311 formed on the base 300 for accommodating the optical port adapter 110, an optical fiber limit slot 312 communicated with the adapter optical port card slot 311 for accommodating the optical fiber 120, and a chip accommodating slot 313 communicated with the optical fiber limit slot 312 for accommodating the AWG chip 130.
Referring to fig. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, the air passage includes an air inlet channel 321 formed at the bottom of the base 300 and communicated with the air supply device 200, and a sub air passage 322 with one end communicated with the air inlet channel 321, the other end of the sub air passage 322 is respectively located at two sides and the middle of the groove bottom of the optical fiber limiting groove 312, two sides of the chip accommodating groove 313 and the positions corresponding to the tail pipe 140 and the tip of the AWG chip 130, and the bottom of the adapter optical port clamping groove 311.
Referring to fig. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, the exhaust through hole includes a first avoidance opening 411 and a second avoidance opening 412 formed on the cover plate 400 and corresponding to the optical port adapter 110 and the AWG chip 130, respectively.
Referring to fig. 3, an air hole 420 is further formed in the cover 400 corresponding to the middle of the optical fiber limiting slot 312, and the air hole 420 is communicated with the air supply device 200. So that the optical fiber 120 is in a straight state under the action of air pressure in the optical fiber limiting groove 312, the optical fiber 120 in the short fiber assembly is further prevented from being deformed, the measurement accuracy is improved, and the short fiber assembly is not damaged.
Referring to fig. 3 and fig. 4, the base 300 is further provided with a pressure relief air channel that is communicated with the clamping groove 310, so that when the air flow is too large, an additional air exhaust channel is provided to ensure air pressure balance when the air flow is insufficient to exhaust simply through the first avoiding opening 411 and the second avoiding opening on the cover plate 400.
Referring to fig. 8 and 9, the base 300 may further be provided with an adapter propping assembly 500, for propping the bottom surface 150 of the adapter flange against the groove surface of the adapter optical port clamping groove 311, so as to ensure the accuracy of length measurement of the short fiber assembly.
Specifically, the adaptor jacking assembly 500 includes an adjusting screw 510 screwed with the base 300, and an elastic jacking block 520 connected with one end of the adjusting screw 510 and disposed in the adaptor light port clamping groove 311. When the adjusting screw 510 is rotated, the elastic top block 520 is close to or far away from the end of the adapter light port clamping groove 311, which is close to the optical fiber 120, and when the elastic top block 520 is close to the end of the adapter light port clamping groove 311, which is close to the optical fiber 120, the bottom surface of the convex edge of the light port adapter 110 is pressed against the end of the adapter light port clamping groove 311, which is close to the optical fiber 120, so that the length measurement accuracy of the short fiber assembly can be ensured.
Referring to fig. 3, the base 300 and the cover 400 are fixedly coupled by a screw 600.
The device for measuring the length of the short fiber assembly further comprises adjusting valves, wherein the adjusting valves are arranged on each sub air passage 322 so as to adjust parameters such as air pressure, air flow, time and the like according to requirements.
In this embodiment, the portion of the cover 400 opposite to the card slot 310 is a transparent area, the portion of the base 300 corresponding to one of the two sides of the card slot 310 along the length direction of the fiber assembly is a transparent area, for example, a notch is formed in the portion of the cover 400 opposite to the card slot 310, a notch is formed in the portion of the base 300 corresponding to one of the two sides of the card slot 310 along the length direction of the fiber assembly, and a transparent plate is installed in the notch. In another embodiment, the portion of the base 300 opposite to the clamping groove 310 is a transparent area, the portion of the base 300 corresponding to one of two sides of the clamping groove 310 along the length direction of the short fiber assembly is a transparent area, a notch may be formed in the portion of the base 300 opposite to the clamping groove 310, a notch may be formed in the portion of the base 300 corresponding to one of two sides of the clamping groove 310 along the length direction of the short fiber assembly, and a transparent plate may be installed in the notch. In yet another embodiment, the base 300 and the cover 400 are made of transparent materials, such as acrylic.
In this embodiment, the working process of the short fiber assembly length measuring device is as follows:
First, the stub assembly is installed in the card slot 310. Then, the cover plate 400 is fixed to the base plate by the screw 600. Then, the air is supplied into the card slot 310 through the air supply device 200, and the positions of the connection end of the optical fiber 120 and the optical port adapter 110, the position of the optical fiber 120, and the connection point of the tail pipe 140 of the optical fiber 120 and the AWG chip 130 are observed through the CCD camera, so that the relative positions among the optical port adapter 110, the optical fiber 120, and the AWG chip 130 are confirmed, and the lengths of the stub fiber assemblies are directly observed. When the air supply device 200 supplies air into the card slot 310, parameters such as air pressure, flow rate and time on each sub air passage 322 can be adjusted by adjusting valves.
The above description is only illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and any alterations and modifications made by those skilled in the art based on the above disclosure shall fall within the scope of the appended claims.