Patent ID: 7205532
Filing Date: 2007-04-17
Classification: G06F,H01L

Abstract:
1. A package for an optical chip, the package comprising: (a) a chip enclosure shaped to enclose the optical chip and comprising a windowed cover and a base board, the base board having a chip mounting area, the windowed cover comprising a transparent window; and (b) solder balls disposed on the surface of the base board opposite the chip mounting area, said solder balls electrically connecting the base board to a main board, wherein a peripheral edge of the main board and a peripheral edge of the base board extend substantially the same distance, wherein the base board has an inner surface, an outer surface, and a periphery, and bonding pads on the inner surface and on the outer surface, and electrical connections extending though the base board between the bonding pads on the inner surface and the bonding pads on the outer surface.