Patent ID: 7435014
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A method of assembling a portion of at least one optical transceiver that includes a transmitter optical subassembly and a receiver optical subassembly, and the at least one optical transceiver further including structure that defines a pair of ports, the method comprising: positioning the transmitter optical subassembly and the receiver optical subassembly in a desired position relative to each other; fixing the transmitter optical subassembly and the receiver optical subassembly in the desired position to a single substrate; aligning the pair of ports with respect to each other; fixing the pair of ports with respect to each other; aligning the transmitter optical subassembly with one of the ports; and aligning the receiver optical subassembly with the other port, the alignment of the receiver optical subassembly and the transmitter optical subassembly with the ports being performed in a single operation, wherein fixing the pair of ports with respect to each other is performed before aligning the transmitter optical subassembly with one of the ports and before aligning the receiver optical subassembly with the other port.