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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2002
Andrew McGhee, Stowmarket, GB;
Daniel John Keeble, Felixstowe, GB;
Fabio Pozzi, Turin, IT;
Brian Lemoff, Union City, CA (US);
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A package for an optical assembly of a type that uses bulk optics in an optical path will require environmental protection from contaminants. It is common to construct a substantially hermetically sealed package to provide environmental protection for the optical assembly but such hermetically sealed packages are expensive to construct and are not completely reliable. Consequently, a package is provided for an optical assembly with the bulk optics encapsulated by a silicone encapsulant and encased within an epoxy layer and supported by a substrate base. The package for the optical assembly thus provides the bulk optics with the required environmental protection from contaminants.