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US 6,783,393 B2Granted
Package for opto-electrical components
AssigneeAgilent Technologies, Inc.
InventorsGiampaolo Bendelli, Enrico Di Mascio, Mario Puleo, Marco Scofet
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Abstract
A package for opto-electrical components includes a casing having a chamber, and an optical feed-through between the chamber and the casing exterior. At least one board or tile adapted to carry opto-electrical components is in the chamber. The board or tile creates a solid mechanical structure with the casing while providing electrical ohmic connections with a set of electrical connections on the casing. The board or tile is from of an assortment of boards or tiles of different types.
Claims28
In combination,
- a casing including (a) a chamber having a bottom surface, (b) a contact arrangement including a first portion at the bottom surface of the chamber and a second portion outside the chamber, the second portion of the contact arrangement forming accessible contacts for connections to components external to the casing and being electrically connected to the first portion of the contact arrangement, and (c) an optical feed-through between said chamber and the outside of said chamber;
- a board or tile carrying at least one opto-electronic component and including electrical contacts, the board or tile being on the bottom surface of the chamber and overlaying at least some of the first portion of the contact arrangement, the electrical contacts on the board or tile being electrically and mechanically bonded to segments of the first portion of the contact arrangement so the board or tile is resistant to at least one of vibration and shock;
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- at least one optical fiber extending through the port and optically coupled to the opto-electronic component on the board or tile.
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An arrangement comprising
- plural casings each having the same configuration;
- an assortment of boards or tiles having the same shape, each of the boards or tiles carrying at least one opto-electronic component, the shape of the boards or tiles being such as to enable the boards or tiles to be interchangeably inserted into the plural casings, each of the boards or tiles including electrical contacts;
- each of the plural casings including:
- (a) a chamber having a bottom surface, (b) a contact arrangement including a first portion at the bottom surface of the chamber and a second portion outside the chamber, the second portion of the contact arrangement forming accessible contacts for connections to components external to the casing and being electrically connected to the first portion of the contact arrangement, and (c) an optical feed-through between said chamber and the outside of said chamber;
- segments of the first portion of the contact arrangement of each of the plural casings and the electrical contacts of each of the boards or tiles and the configuration of the bottom surface of the chamber being such that when any of the different boards or tiles is at the bottom surface of any of the chambers of any of the casings and electrical connections and mechanical bonds are made between the segments of the first portion of the contact arrangement and the electrical contacts the board or tile is resistant to at least one of vibration and shock.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.