Patent ID: 7087446

Claim:
A method of mounting electro-optical devices on an optical element, comprising: providing a semiconductor wafer having a plurality of electro-optical devices located thereon, which are adapted to emit optical signals from a first surface thereof; positioning the first surface of the semiconductor wafer in a facing orientation with an auxiliary substrate which includes a carrier layer, an intermediate layer, and a transfer layer; securing the semiconductor wafer to the transfer layer of the auxiliary substrate; processing at least a portion of a second major surface of the semiconductor wafer and separating the semiconductor wafer with the attached auxiliary substrate into individual electro-optical wafer components, each including a plurality of electro-optical devices; dissolving the intermediate layer and removing the carrier layer; and affixing the transfer layer of at least one electro-optical wafer component onto an optical element wherein the optical element comprises a fiber optic faceplate having a surface opposite from the electro-optical wafer component, the surface including a plurality of apertures therein located in aligned positions with the electro-optic devices, the apertures being adapted to receive optical fibers.