Patent ID: 8755655
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: G02B,H04B

Abstract:
1. An optical module, comprising: a first optical device that includes a first substrate and a first optical component, wherein the first substrate has a first surface and a first edge, wherein the first edge is substantially perpendicular to the first surface, and wherein the first optical component is disposed on the first surface; a second optical device that includes a first connector, a second connector, and a fiber ribbon between the first and the second connector, wherein optical fibers for the fibber ribbon are attached to the first and the second connector, wherein the first connector has an edge that faces the first edge and is substantially parallel to the first edge, and wherein the second connector has an edge on another side of the second optical device than the first edge that is substantially parallel to the first edge; a routing chip that includes a second substrate and a second optical component, wherein the second substrate has a second surface, a second edge, and a third edge on another side of the routing chip than the second edge, wherein the second edge and the third edge are each substantially perpendicular to the second surface and substantially parallel to the first edge, and wherein the edge for the second connector faces the second edge; a third optical device that includes a third substrate and a third optical component, wherein the third substrate has a third surface and a fourth edge, wherein the fourth edge is substantially perpendicular to the third surface and substantially parallel to the third edge; and an alignment substrate, mechanically coupled to the first substrate, the second substrate, the third substrate, the first connector, and the second connector, wherein the alignment substrate is configured to align the first edge with the edge for the first connector, the second edge with the edge for the second connector, and the third edge with the fourth edge, thereby facilitating an optical coupling of an optical signal between the first optical component and the third optical component through the fiber ribbon and the second optical component, wherein the optical coupling is along a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first and fourth edge.