Patent ID: 8913856

Claim:
An assemblage structure of components for supporting at least one optical chip and at least one electronic chip and connecting said chips to a system support comprising: a chip carrier having electrical interconnection disposed thereon and having a lower side facing said system support and an upper side facing opposite said system support; at least one optical chip mounted on said lower side and having at least one radiation emitting component emitting radiation perpendicular to said optical chip and traveling toward said system support; at least one electronic chip that processes data mounted on said upper side; in which said optical chip is mounted aligned with at least one optical transmission medium disposed on said system support, whereby radiation emitted by said at least one radiation emitting component travels along a direct path between said optical chip and said transmission medium; wherein said system support lies within a plane parallel to the chip carrier and wherein said optical transmission medium is a solid waveguide wholly within said plane of the system support; and further comprising at least one optical transfer unit aligned between said at least one optical chip and comprising lenses that focus radiation emitted by said at least one optical chip on to said optical transmission medium, wherein a rim of the optical transfer unit fits to a vertical edge of a step of the optical chip to align the lenses with the optical chip.