Patent ID: 8077248
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. An optical device, comprising: an adapter including a tubular portion having a first surface and a second surface, an entirety of which surrounds an opening portion; a translucent member having an upper surface, a bottom surface opposite to the upper surface and a side surface, and attached to the first surface of the tubular portion of the adapter at a peripheral surface area of the bottom surface, the first surface of the tubular portion and the upper surface of the translucent member facing against a direction of incoming light; an optical element chip attached onto the second surface of the tubular portion such that a major surface of the optical element chip faces the translucent member; and an alignment step formed in the tubular portion of the adapter and having a horizontal face and a vertical face parallel to the side surface of the translucent member, wherein: a sealing member is formed on the side surface of the translucent member and on the first surface of the tubular portion, and an outer perimeter end surface of the sealing member and the vertical face of the alignment step of the adapter lie in a same plane.