Patent ID: 7653109

Claim:
Optical apparatus comprising: a first submount having a standoff structure protruding from a first surface thereof; an optical emitter chip bonded to said first submount, said optical emitter chip including a plurality of optical emitters arranged along a first edge of said emitter chip, said plurality of optical emitters including a first optical emitter, said optical emitter chip contacting said standoff structure in a first plurality of contact portions of said standoff structure, said first plurality of contact portions including all points on said standoff structure which contact said emitter chip, at least three consecutive ones of said contact portions along a straight line being mutually isolated from each other along said straight line; and an integrated optics chip having a first optical receiver, said integrated optics chip being bonded to said first submount in such a way that said first optical receiver can receive optical energy emitted by said first emitter, wherein said straight line is parallel to said first edge of said optical emitter chip so as to minimize bowing of said optical emitter chip along the edge along which the plurality of optical emitters are arranged.