Patent ID: 7350987

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a package having an upper portion and a lower portion that, when combined, provide a hermetically sealed package for components disposed within an enclosed cavity formed between the upper portion and the lower portion; and a pass-through connected with the package to allow an optical fiber to pass in to the package, the pass-through having a cutout external to the package, the cutout to receive the optical fiber at an angle such that the optical fiber is non-parallel to a longitudinal axis of the pass-through when a plane of the upper portion of the package is at a non-zero angle with respect to a plane of the lower portion of the package, and wherein the pass-through receives the optical fiber such that the optical fiber is substantially concentric to the longitudinal axis of the pass-through when the plane of the upper portion of the package is substantially parallel to the plane of the lower portion of the package; wherein the pass-through includes a wall forming a generally cylindrical shape and the cutout provides an opening in the wall, wherein the opening is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and extends to a distal end of the pass-through.