Patent ID: 6741778
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An optical package, comprising a substrate having substrate alignment pads disposed thereon, an active optical device having a front side, a back side, means operatively connected to said active optical device for alignment thereof, and a coupler having at least one optical fiber aligned therein, said substrate, said active optical device, and said coupler being optically aligned and bonded together in a predetermined direction to form said optical package, said active optical device being aligned and bonded on its backside to said substrate alignment pads with its at least one active optical element being optically aligned with said substrate alignment pads and said at least one optical fiber of said coupler, and being aligned and bonded to said coupler on its front side, said alignment being accomplished in part by surface tension of a liquid bonding agent disposed between said coupler, said active optical device, and said substrate.