Patent ID: 6707679
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: G02B,H01R

Abstract:
A butt joined opto-electronic module for millimeter wavelength frequencies comprising:a housing having juxtaposed shallow and deep cavities defining an open end face between the shallow and deep cavities with an electrical element positioned in the shallow cavity having an electrical device formed on at least one horizontal surface of the electrical element and the deep cavity having at least a first upward extending strut with the upper portion of the strut having a securing member formed therein; a carrier having an open end face and opposing horizontal surfaces with at least a first tine extending from the carrier, and an opto-electrical element positioned on the carrier with an opto-electrical device formed on at least one horizontal surface of the opto-electrical element coupled to receive an optical signal from an optical waveguide secured to the carrier; first and second coplanar transmission structures with one of the coplanar transmission structures formed on at least one horizontal surface of the opto-electrical element and the other coplanar transmission structure formed on at least one horizontal surface the electrical element with each of the first and second coplanar transmission structures being electrically coupled to one of the respective opto-electrical and electrical devices, the first and second coplanar transmission structures being independently aligned relative to each other in three mutually perpendicular planes and positioned in a proximate abutting relationship; the carrier being independently positioned in a proximate abutting relationship at the open end faces and mechanically joined together as a single assembly by securing the carrier tine to the securing member of the strut with the carrier being linearly and rotationally positionable in three mutually perpendicular planes relative to the open end faces to align the first and second coplanar transmission structures; and substantially flat electrical conductors electrically coupling the first and second coplanar transmission structures together.