Patent ID: 7333199

Claim:
A method for assembling optical components, the method comprising: an act of aligning a lens pin, a lens base, and a molded package in a first direction, a second direction, and a third direction such that the signal strength of optical signals transferred between a lens included in the lens pin and the molded package is optimized; an act of mechanically coupling the lens pin to the lens base to fix the position of the lens relative to the molded package in the first direction; subsequent to mechanically coupling the lens pin to the lens base, an act of re-aligning the lens base and the molded package in the second and third directions such that the signal strength of optical signals transferred between the lens and the molded package is again optimized; and an act of mechanically coupling the lens base to the molded package to fix the position of the lens base relative to the molded package in the second and third directions.