Patent ID: 7097366
Filing Date: 2006-08-29
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A method for production of an optical module in which an optoelectronic component having at least one first electrode on a bottom surface of the optoelectronic component is mounted on a waveguide substrate having an optical waveguide, a recessed portion, and at least one second electrode formed on the recessed portion in correspondence with said at least one first electrode, said method comprising the steps of: (a) distributing globular elastic conductive particles on a bottom surface of the recessed portion of the waveguide substrate and at least one upper surface of the at least one second electrode; (b) placing the optoelectronic component in the recessed portion of the waveguide substrate so that the at least one first electrode is respectively opposed to the at least one second electrode through at least a portion of the globular elastic conductive particles which is located on the at least one upper surface of the at least one second electrode; (c) adjusting alignment between the optoelectronic component and the waveguide substrate by pressing the optoelectronic component toward the waveguide substrate so that the at least one first electrode is respectively electrically connected to the at least one second electrode through at least one portion of the globular elastic conductive particles; and (d) fixing the optoelectronic component to the waveguide substrate so that the optoelectronic component is aligned with the waveguide substrate.