Patent ID: 6435733
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
Assembly including a substrate (12) and on this substrate at least one optical fibre support (4, 6; 40, 42, 44; 66), at least one optical fibre (2) in the support and at least one optical or optoelectronic component (32), the optical axis of the fibre and the optical axis of the component being aligned, this assembly being characterised in that the support and the component are attached to the substrate by microspheres (16, 38) of meltable material, allowing the optical axis (X1) of the fibre and the optical axis (X) of the component to be parallel to each other in the same plane perpendicular to a surface of the substrate, and in that the support includes, for each fibre, a V-shaped housing with two walls inclined towards each other, the opening of the V being located on the side of the support which is not attached to the substrate, and in that the fibre is positioned, in the housing, the volume of each microsphere and the housing being determined so that the optical axis of the fibre and the optical axis of the component are parallel to each other in the same plane parallel to the surface of the substrate.