Patent ID: 9435967
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: G02B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: depositing solder interconnect material to facilitate attachment of components to a surface of a package substrate; positioning the components for attachment to the package substrate, the components including at least an optoelectronic assembly configured to emit and/or receive optical signals in a form of light, and a receptacle having a pluggable surface to receive an optical coupler plug such that the optical coupler plug is optically aligned to route the light when the optical coupler plug is plugged into the receptacle; and reflowing the deposited solder interconnect material to form a bond between the components and the package substrate, which includes forming electrical interconnect structures that electrically couple the optoelectronic assembly with the package substrate and forming dummy interconnect structures that structurally couple the receptacle with the package substrate.