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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2003
Michael A. Deeds, Port Tobacco, MD (US);
Kevin Cochran, Alexandria, VA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A method of sealing an optical fiber in a microchip includes providing a device microchip, a top microchip and an optical fiber; forming a groove in at least one of the device microchip and the top microchip; coating metal on the optical fiber; depositing metal on the groove and top surfaces of the device microchip and the top microchip; depositing solder on the top surface of at least one of the device microchip and the top microchip; placing the optical fiber in the groove; placing the top microchip on the device microchip; and reflowing the solder to form a hermetic seal.