Epoxy tacking for optoelectronic device placement
OwnerJoseph Michael Freund, John Michael Gearyinventors
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Abstract
A process for attaching one or more optoelectronic components to an optical submount uses an epoxy to first tack each component to its associated bondpad site. The epoxy has a sufficient strength to temporarily hold each component in place as various ones of the components are positioned, moved, etc. Once all of the components are “tacked” into position, the arrangement is heated to the solder reflow temperature, where the molten solder will displace the epoxy and form the final physical and electrical connection between the components and the submount. Preferably, the solder reflow temperature is sufficient to cure the epoxy, which then forms an inert substance that will not interfere with the performance of the final system.
Claims12
A method of attaching an optoelectronic component to a solder bondpad on an optical submount, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) depositing a small volume of uncured epoxy on a solder bondpad site formed on an optical submount;
- b) pressing an optoelectronic component into said epoxy to temporarily fix said optoelectronic component to said optical submount;
- c) heating the optical submount to a temperature sufficient for solder reflow so that molten solder displaces the small volume of uncured epoxy and bonds to the optoelectronic component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.