Patent ID: 8548292
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An assembly of optically linked optical components comprising: a motherboard having one or more primary lateral reference features, wherein one or more of the primary lateral reference features are optical alignment features; a sub-assembly comprising an optical component mounted on a daughterboard, the sub-assembly having one or more secondary lateral reference features and the daughterboard comprising one or more tertiary lateral reference features in predefined position relative to the secondary lateral reference features, wherein alignment of the optical component with respect to the secondary lateral reference features is provided through alignment of the optical component with the tertiary lateral reference features and wherein the daughterboard is mounted on the motherboard such that alignment of the daughterboard with respect to the motherboard is provided through alignment of the primary lateral reference features and the secondary lateral reference features; and wherein the motherboard comprises a waveguide layer, and one of the primary lateral reference features is defined within the waveguide layer.