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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1999
Joseph P. Keska, Pittston Township, Luzerne County, PA (US);
Steven L. Moyer, Spring Township, Berks County, PA (US);
Mary J. Nadeau, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Steven P. O'Neill, Allentown, PA (US);
John William Osenbach, Kutztown, PA (US);
Duane S. Stackhouse, Lower Milford Township, Lehigh County, PA (US);
Katherine Anne Yanushefski, Hereford, PA (US);
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
The invention is an optoelectronic device including a semiconductor photodetector enclosed within a plastic housing. The housing includes a wall with an aperture therein for receiving optical signals. The photodetector is mounted to a flexible film which is, in turn, mounted to the housing so that the photodetector is aligned with the aperture. The device may further include a receptacle mounted to the wall for receiving an optical fiber aligned with the aperture and the photodetector.