Patent ID: 6991382

Claim:
A method of fabricating and activating a chip-level optical transceiver comprising steps of: providing an optical fiber; providing a bench that supports a chip-level optical transceiver; placing the bench in front of the optical fiber; activating the chip-level optical transceiver; and tilting the bench until the chip-level optical transceiver is aligned with the optical fiber and an optical signal is achieved, the chip-level optical transceiver comprising: a light emitting device, having an output, for emitting a first wavelength of light along a first optical path; a first photodiode for controlling the output of the light emitting device; a second photodiode having an active region; a lens for receiving the first wavelength of light along the first optical path from the light emitting device and collimating the first wavelength of light to the second photodiode along the first optical path; and the second photodiode for reflecting the first wavelength of light along the first optical path into the optical fiber along a second optical path.