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Method, article of manufacture, and optical package for eliminating tilt angle between a header and an optical emitter mounted thereon

US6031856A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 30, 1997
Grant dateFeb 29, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 30, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2224/73265
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention provides a method, article of manufacture, and optical package (24) for eliminating tilt angle (40) between an optical emitter (26) mounted on a carrier (28). The method, article of manufacture, and optical package (24) include a carrier (28) having a top surface (42) with a cavity (46) formed therein, an adhesive material (38) inserted into the cavity (46), and an optical emitter (26) placed on the top surface (42) of the carrier (28) and at least partially covering the cavity (46), thereby providing at least one egress point for overflowing said adhesive material therefrom.

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