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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2008
Applicant:
Michael G. Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Michael G. Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/86 (2006.01); G01J 1/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical assembly is provided that includes a substrate. The substrate has one or more optical waveguides. A component is coupled to and spaced apart from the substrate. The component has one or more photodetectors. One or more flexible optical pillars is disposed between the optical waveguides and the photodetectors. The flexible optical pillars are aligned by one or more alignment structures. The flexible optical pillars are optically transmissive and configured to transmit light from the optical waveguides to the photodetectors.