Package for optical components

US6985281B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Aegis Semiconductor, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Matthias Wagner · Cambridge, US
• Robert Murano · Elk Grove, US
• Eugene Yi-Shan Ma · Newton, US
• Steven Sherman · Marlborough, US
• Lawrence Domash · Conway, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 27, 2002
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2006
• Expiry date: Nov 27, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01L2224/48091
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An optoelectronic device including a header having an upper surface and including a plurality of conducting pins extending up through the upper surface; an optical device; a tunable optical filter, wherein the optical device and the tunable optical filter are arranged in a vertical stack mounted on and extending above the upper surface of the header and wherein the tunable optical filter is electrically connected to the plurality of conducting pins; and a cap affixed to the header and along with the header defining a sealed interior containing the optical device and the tunable optical filter, wherein the cap has a top surface with a window formed therein, and wherein the window is aligned with the tunable optical filter and the optical device.