Patent ID: 6349105
Filing Date: 2002-02-19
Classification: H01L,H01S

Abstract:
A hermetically sealed optoelectronic device comprising:a non-electrically conductive substrate having a first region, a second region, and a third region, the first region having a through-hole, the second region having a through-hole, and the first region being at a different elevation than the second region; an electrically conductive plating substantially covering the third region; an electrically conductive material substantially filling the through-hole of the first region so as to form a first electrically conductive via which also forms a hermetic seal, and the electrically conductive material substantially filling the through-hole of the second region so as to form a second electrically conductive via which also forms a hermetic seal; an optical diode having a first lead and a second lead, the first lead of the optical diode electrically connected to the first electrically conductive via, and the second lead of the optical diode electrically connected to tire second electrically conductive via, the optical diode having a surface, and the surface of the optical diode being substantially coplanar with the second region of the non-electrically conductive substrate, and the optical diode having an optical axis; an electrically conductive can having a first aperture and a second aperture; and a transparent element mounted on and hermetically sealed to the first aperture of the electrically conductive can, and wherein the second aperture of the electrically conductive can is mounted on and sealed to the electrically conductive plating adhered to the third region of the non-electrically conductive substrate so as to hermetically seal the optical diode between the non-electrically conductive substrate and the electrically conductive can from an ambient atmosphere whereby the optical diode is protected from the ambient atmosphere and environmental contaminants so as to ensure the integrity of a transmitted data signal, and wherein the optical axis of the optical diode passes through the transparent element.