Patent ID: 6796725
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An opto-electronic package comprising the combination of:an enclosed package; a plurality of electrical contacts extending into the enclosed package; an optical device mounted within the package and coupled to the electrical contacts; and an optical fiber extending through at least one peripheral portion of the package to the optical device along a common plane; wherein the package is comprised of opposite portions joined together at an interface substantially at the common plane and forming a hermetic enclosure; wherein the optical fiber comprises plural optical fibers extending through at least one side of the package into the enclosed package along the common plane; wherein the opposite portions of the package comprise a package body and a package lid joined at said interface and configured to form end pipes around the optical fibers at at least one side of the package; and wherein the package body and the package lid are configured to form end pipes at adjacent sides of the package.