Texas Instruments Corporation

Amkor Technology, Inc.

Mark Myron Miller

Bradley Morgan Haskett

John Patrick O'Connor

Sean Timothy Crowley

Steven Edward Smith

Jwei Wien Liu

Edward Carl Fisher

Frank Odell Armstrong

Ivan Kmecko

Daniel C Estabrook

Mark Phillip Popovich

Jeffrey Alan Miks

Jeffrey E Faris

Jeffery Alan Miks

Jeffrey E Farris

According to one embodiment, a micro-optical device includes an electro-optical circuit and an annular frame disposed on a surface of a substrate. The electro-optical circuit has an active region that is encapsulated by a window and an interconnect region adjacent at least one edge of the electro-optical circuit. The annular frame extends around an outer periphery of the window and is separated from the window by a gap, the annular frame and the electro-optical circuit form a cavity for placement of a plurality of bonding wires the interconnect that electro-optical circuit to the substrate.

Micro-optical device packaging system

An improved window frame and window piece for a micromirror assembly is disclosed herein. The window frame includes a stress-relieving contour positioned in the middle of the frame that can absorb the mechanical stresses applied to the window frame from the ceramic base and from the window piece. The window frame may be comprised of a single piece of sheet metal that has been stamped to include a stress-relieving contour. The stress-relieving contour may be comprised of a variety of shapes, including a 'U' shape, an inverted 'U' shape, a curved step shape, or other combinations thereof.

Stress relieved flat frame for DMD window

Stress relieved frame

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McKinney, TX, United States of America

Mark Myron Miller