Patent ID: 6722795
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: G02B

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