Patent ID: 7555176

Claim:
A method for producing an optical splitter, comprising the following steps: providing a chip having a carrier substrate, on which is arranged at least one optical conductor track, said optical conductor track comprising a plurality of conductor track sections, wherein a first one of the conductor track sections running from a first side of the chip branches at least one branching point of the conductor track into at least two second conductor track sections which run to a second side of the chip, bonding an optical waveguide section of a first optical waveguide onto the first conductor track section of the conductor track at the first side of the chip, wherein the optical waveguide section of the first optical waveguide is not arranged on a carrier substrate after the bonding; bonding a plurality of respective optical waveguide sections of second optical waveguides onto a respective one of the second conductor track sections at the second side of the chip, wherein the optical waveguide sections of the second optical waveguides are free of a carrier substrate after the bonding; and arranging a first glass plate under the respective optical waveguide sections of the optical waveguides after bonding the respective optical waveguide sections of the optical waveguides onto the respective conductor track sections of the conductor track, wherein the first glass plate is bonded onto at least one of the first side of the chip and the second side of the chip.