Patent ID: 6250819
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A miniature optical component designed to process optical signals transmitted by optic fibers, the component comprising a mounting of the following elements:a motherboard of anisotropic crystalline matter, hollowed out on the surface with grooves that are parallel to an axial direction, each groove being adapted to receive an optic fiber, align it in the axial direction and position it in a transversal plane, anda substrate chip, one face of which comprises optical waveguides, the mounting consisting in taking the face of the chip against the surface of the motherboard wherein:the surface of the motherboard is hollowed out with female microstructures in the shape of axial buttonholes with sub-millimeter dimensions, and wherein,the face of the chip has projecting male microstructures formed by metal deposition, capable of fitting into and sliding axially in the female microstructures during the mounting of the component.