Patent ID: 8036508

Claim:
A method for aligning an opto-electronic component assembly on a substrate, the method comprising: positioning the substrate on an assembly surface; positioning an opto-electronic component assembly (OECA) on the substrate such that a first OECA alignment face projects from a first substrate alignment face; and advancing the substrate and the OECA towards a contact face of a first assembly alignment mechanism such that the first substrate alignment face contacts the contact face of the first assembly alignment mechanism after the first OECA alignment face contacts the contact face of the first assembly alignment mechanism, wherein: a contact between the first substrate alignment face and the contact face of the first assembly alignment mechanism is at least a two point contact which limits movement of the substrate on the assembly surface in more than one degree of freedom; a contact between the first OECA alignment face and the contact face of the first assembly alignment mechanism is at least a two point contact which limits movement of the opto-electronic component assembly on the substrate in more than one degree of freedom; and the OECA is displaced relative to the first substrate alignment face when the first OECA alignment face contacts the contact face of the first assembly alignment mechanism and the substrate continues to move towards the contact face of the first assembly alignment mechanism thereby aligning the OECA on the substrate relative to the first substrate alignment face.