Right-angle optical fiber connector assembly

摘要

A right-angle optical-fiber connector assembly for providing an optical connection to an external device such as a circuit board. The connector assembly includes a rigid ferrule having at least one right-angle bend and that defines an interior region and first and second ferrule ends, and a maximum optical fiber bending radius R_MAX. One or more bend-performance optical fibers traverse the interior region. Each optical fiber has an associated minimum bending radius R_MIN and includes a bending radius R_F such that R_MIN<=R_F<=R_MAX, wherein at least one of the one or more optical fibers has R_F=R_MIN. The first and second connector ends are respectively located at or near the first and second ferrule ends and operably support the first and second optical fiber ends. The connector ends are each adapted to provide an external optical interconnection to an external device such as a circuit board.