Patent ID: 6955480

Claim:
An optoelectronic device having an active alignment range, the device comprising: an alignment member having a lens-mounting portion, a first mating surface, and a plurality of alignment pins, each pin having a diameter, and the centers of the alignment pins being separated by a predetermined distance; and a carrying member having an optoelectronic component mounting portion, a second mating surface, and a plurality of alignment openings, each opening having an alignment opening diameter and further being arranged to correspond with an alignment pin, the centers of the openings being separated by the predetermined distance, and each opening diameter being greater than the pin diameter of the pin with which the opening corresponds, the active alignment range being provided by the difference between the opening diameter and the pin diameter of the pin with which the opening corresponds, the diameter difference being selected such that when the first mating surface is proximate to the second mating surface, and when the alignment pins are positioned within their corresponding alignment openings, a lens mounted on the alignment member and an optoelectronic component mounted on the carrying member can move relative to each other into an alignment.