Patent ID: 9563028
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G02B

Claim:
1. A method to manufacture an optoelectronic assembly comprising an optical connector to couple at least one optical fiber to the optoelectronic assembly, an optical component to change a beam of light in the optoelectronic assembly and an optoelectronic component to convert the light into an electric signal or to convert the electric signal into the light, comprising: providing at least one optical fiber; providing the optical connector with a material being transparent for the light transferred in the at least one optical fiber, wherein the optical connector comprises a first coupling and aligning structure for coupling the at least one optical fiber to the optical connector and a second coupling and aligning structure for coupling the optical connector to the optical component; providing a first wafer with a material being transparent for the light transferred in the optical fiber; providing a second wafer comprising a plurality of identical ones of the optoelectronic component, wherein each of the optoelectronic components comprises a respective optoelectronic device to convert the light into the electric signal or to convert the electric signal into the light; structuring the first wafer to provide a plurality of identical ones of the optical components with a respective alignment structure being formed to couple the respective optical component to the optical connector; stacking and aligning the first and second wafer so that the light coupled in the respective alignment structure of the optical components of the first wafer is focused on a respective active area of the optoelectronic devices of the second wafer; bonding the first and the second wafer on top of each other; separating the bonded first and second wafer into a plurality of the optoelectronic modules, wherein each of the optoelectronic modules comprises one of the optoelectronic components and one of the optical components; coupling the at least one optical fiber to the optical connector; and coupling the optical connector to one of the plurality of the separated optoelectronic modules by coupling the second coupling and aligning structure of the optical connector to the alignment structure of said one of the separated optoelectronic modules.