Patent ID: 7543993

Claim:
An optical apparatus, comprising: an optical fiber; an optical device on a device substrate, the device substrate having a groove for receiving the optical fiber and positioning a proximal end of the optical fiber to establish optical coupling between the optical fiber and the optical device, a first segment at or near the proximal end of the optical fiber being secured to the device substrate in the groove; a circuit board, the device substrate being mounted on a first substantially flat region of the circuit board, a second segment of the optical fiber being secured to a second substantially flat region of the circuit board, the second fiber segment being distal to the first fiber segment, the first and second regions of the circuit board being substantially coplanar so that at least a portion of the optical fiber between the first and second segments is vertically spaced-apart from the first and second regions of the circuit board; and at least one electrical connection between the optical device and the circuit board.