Patent ID: 6726377
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: G02B,H01P,H01R

Abstract:
A butt joined electrical apparatus for coupling millimeter wavelength frequency electrical signals to and from a mating opto-electrical apparatus comprising:a carrier having an open end face and an electrical element positioned on the carrier with an electrical device formed on at least one horizontal surface of the electrical element; a coplanar transmission structure formed on at least one horizontal surface of the electrical element being electrically coupled to the electrical device, the coplanar transmission structure being independently aligned in three mutually perpendicular planes and in a proximate abutting relationship with another coplanar transmission structure formed on an opto-electrical element positioned on an open end face carrier of the mating opto-electrical apparatus; the carrier of the electrical apparatus and carrier of the opto-electrical apparatus being independently positioned in a proximate abutting relationship at the open end faces and mechanically joined together as a single module by a securing member with the carrier of the electrical apparatus and carrier of the opto-electrical apparatus being linearly and rotationally positionable in three mutually perpendicular planes relative to each other to align the coplanar transmission structures of the electrical apparatus and the opto-electrical apparatus; and substantially flat electrical conductors electrically coupling the coplanar transmission structures of the electrical apparatus and the opto-electrical apparatus together.