Patent ID: 8469606

Claim:
An optoelectronic interconnection system for use in optical communications, comprising: an optically active device having an optical operative axis; and a substrate comprising a main portion, a foldable portion, and a bending edge formed from the substrate, the main portion, the foldable portion and the bending edge formed from one piece, the bending edge mechanically connects the foldable portion to the main portion, and the optically active device coupled to the foldable portion; and where the foldable portion is adapted to be folded at the bending edge with respect to the main portion into a predetermined orientation so that the optical operative axis of the optically active device is aligned substantially in parallel with an optical transmission axis, where the optical transmission axis is other than perpendicular to the main portion, where the foldable portion includes an end part that is connected to the main portion by the bending edge, the foldable portion being formed from out of the substrate by a slot formed in the substrate along edges of the foldable portion that are separated away from the substrate, and the bending edge being a bending slot formed at the end part of the foldable portion by partial removal of a thickness of the substrate to a determined bending thickness.