Patent ID: 6863453

Claim:
A method of manufacturing an optical subassembly comprising: coupling an optoelectronic array device having an array of optoelectronic devices to an array header, verifying functionality and alignment of the array of optoelectronic devices coupled with the array header, coupling a window cap, over the array of optoelectronic device, to the array header to form an optoelectronic array package; creating a hermetically sealed environment between the window cap and the array header; verifying functionality and alignment of the optoelectronic array package; coupling an optical lens array having an array of lenses to an optical fiber connector to form an optical lens module; verifying functionality and alignment of the optical lens array coupled with the optical fiber connector; coupling the optoelectronic array package to the optical lens array to form the optical subassembly; and verifying functionality and alignment of the optical subassembly.