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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2001
Renyi Yang, Goleta, CA (US);
Thomas Reynolds, Ventura, CA (US);
Robert A. Craven, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Aaron Hawkins, West Lake Village, CA (US);
VTR Optoelectronics, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for aligning an optical fiber with an optical device having bond pads attached thereto. The apparatus includes a fiber mount assembly having a body portion with an opening provided therein to receive the optical fiber, and two leg portions integrally connecting to and extending from the body portion. Bond pads are also attached to the two leg portions. The apparatus further includes an optical device mount assembly having bond pads attached thereto, and a plurality of eutectic solder bumps provided on the bond pads. The eutectic solder bumps connect the bond pads of the optical device and the two leg portions of the fiber mount assembly to the bond pads of the optical device mount assembly. The concentration of a component of the eutectic material in the solder bumps is increased, via a reaction between the bond pads and the solder bumps, until the eutectic material hardens and rigidly connects the bond pads of the optical device and the two leg portions of the fiber mount assembly to the bond pads of the optical device mount assembly, aligning the optical fiber with the optical device.