Patent ID: 6632028
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: A61K,C12N

Abstract:
An apparatus for aligning an optical fiber with an optical device having a first plurality of bond pads provided thereon, the apparatus comprising:a fiber mount assembly having a body portion with an opening provided therein to receive the optical fiber, and two leg portions integrally connecting to and extending from the body portion, the two leg portions having a second plurality of bond pads provided thereon; and an optical device mount assembly having a third plurality of bond pads provided thereon, and a plurality of eutectic solder bumps provided on the third plurality of bond pads for connecting the first plurality of bond pads of the optical device and the second plurality of bond pads of the two leg portions of the fiber mount assembly to the optical device mount assembly, wherein the concentration of a component of the eutectic material in the plurality of eutectic solder bumps is increased, via a reaction between the first, second and third pluralities of bond pads and the plurality of eutectic solder bumps, until the eutectic material hardens and rigidly connects the first plurality of bond pads of the optical device and second plurality of bond pads of the two leg portions of the fiber mount assembly to the third plurality of bond pads of the optical device mount assembly, aligning the optical fiber with the optical device.