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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1993
Kazuo Katsuki, Osaka, JP;
John C Connolly, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Thomas T Hitch, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Robert R Demers, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A chip package for an IC chip having at least an optical-signal input or output section comprises a container-like chip carrier for carrying the IC chip, a sealing cover bonded to the chip carrier and having a window for the optical-signal section, and a connector plate holding a plurality of optical signal transmission elements which are used to transmit a plurality of optical signals en bloc so that optical signals are input to or output from the optical-signal section through the window on the cover. The chip carrier and the connector plate are securely attached to a circuit board in the state where the connector plate has been separately positioned in a predetermined spatial relationship with the chip carrier.