Patent ID: 11960128
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. A hanging connector, comprising:
a base section comprising:
a base layer;
a buried oxide layer abutting the base layer; and
a silicon-on-insulator layer abutting the buried oxide layer; and

an extended section connected to the base section and comprising:
the buried oxide layer; and
the base layer abutting the buried oxide layer; wherein:
a portion of the buried oxide layer forms an external surface of the extended section;
an angled sidewall and a vertical backstop connect the base section to the extended section;
a portion of the silicon-on-insulator layer form the angled sidewall and the vertical backstop;
the base section is configured to be affixed to a connector surface of substrate of a photonics package; and
the extended section is configured to be affixed to an optical component, such that the optical component contacts the vertical backstop and a vertex of the optical component is coplanar with an emitter of the photonics package that is positioned on an emitter surface of the photonics package.