Patent ID: 6954569

Claim:
A butt joined opto-electronic assembly for millimeter wavelength frequencies comprising: a first carrier having an open end face and an opto-electrical element positioned on the carrier with an opto-electrical device formed on at least one horizontal surface of the opto-electrical element and coupled to receive an optical signal from an optical waveguide secured to the carrier; a second carrier having an open end face and an electrical element positioned on the carrier with an electrical device formed on at least one horizontal surface of the electrical element; first and second matched coplanar transmission structures with one of the matched coplanar transmission structures formed on at least one horizontal surface of the opto-electrical element and the other matched coplanar transmission structure formed on at least one horizontal surface of the electrical element with each of the first and second matched coplanar transmission structures being electrically coupled to one of the respective opto-electrical and electrical devices, the first and second matched coplanar transmission structures being independently aligned in three mutually perpendicular planes and positioned in a proximate abutting relationship; the first and second carriers being independently positioned in a proximate abutting relationship at the open end faces and mechanically joined together as a single assembly by a securing member with the first and second carriers being linearly and rotationally positionable in three mutually perpendicular planes relative to each other to align the first and second matched coplanar transmission structures; and substantially flat electrical conductors electrically coupling the first and second matched coplanar transmission structures together.