摘要:
An optoelectronic submount for providing optical connection and electrical connection to a vertically communicating optical device, such as a vertical cavity surface-emitting laser. The submount has a trench for holding the optoelectronic device on-edge, and electrical connection pits adjoining the trench. A metallization layer is disposed in the electrical connection pits. The electrical connection pits are aligned with the trench and optoelectronic device so that compact pads on the optoelectronic device can be soldered to the metallization layer. A groove can be provided in the submount for holding an optical fiber in alignment with an active area of the optoelectronic device.
摘要:
A device including a first solder pad and a second solder pad comprised of a post-soldering alloy composition on a substrate is provided. The alloy composition comprises two or more elements, and the post soldering alloy composition of the first solder pad has different amounts of the two or more elements than the alloy composition of the second solder pad. A method of making a solder pad comprises masking a substrate comprising at least a first solder pad and a second solder pad, wherein the mask exposes a greater area of the first solder pad so that the deposited element becomes part of an alloy composition of the first solder pad upon soldering thereby changing the melting point of the first solder pad.
摘要:
Flexible ground connectors are adapted to withstand temperature-induced stresses. The connectors may be formed of low thermal conductivity materials. The connectors may be used within a semiconductor package that also encloses a thermoelectric cooling device, a conductive submount, and a semiconductor light source. The submount may be grounded to the package wall by locating a pair of the flexible ground connectors across a gap to a ledge in the wall. The ground connectors may be formed of stainless steel, and they may be gold plated for improved electrical conductivity.
摘要:
A method for unblocking a vacuum collet channel clogged with solder includes moving a solder-clogged collet into contact with a preform of solder, and melting the solder clog and the preform into a single melted mass, cooling the melted mass to solidify it, and moving the collet away from the cooled mass, leaving the clog behind.
摘要:
An m-input/n-output (e.g., 2.times.2) optical fiber switch is disclosed which alters the location of the fibers by the application of an external force. Illustratively, the switch uses a housing with a diamond-shaped opening extending therethrough, with pairs of optical fibers positioned in orthogonally located V-grooves. Upon the application of an external force, the fibers are moved into the remaining, vacant V-grooves formed by the diamond-shaped opening. In a preferred embodiment, a (2.times.2) switch is magnetically activated.
摘要:
A solder bonding system that includes a substrate having a recess and a conductive pad having a width. The conductive pad is disposed in the recess of the substrate. The solder bonding system also includes a solder pad contacting the conductive pad. The solder pad has a width greater than the width of the conductive pad. When the solder pad is heated, it forms a stable solder bond between the conductive pads.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for passively aligning an optical element on an optical die wherein multiple potential mounting pads are supplied for potential mounting of the optical component. Appropriate tables are generated for 1) the response of the optical detecting component for a given light power level as a function of the mounting position of the optical detecting component, and 2) the asymmetry of the light generating component. Given the two tables an algorithm is prepared for automatically determining the appropriate mounting position to provide desired detection device response characteristics for any given light generating component to be mounted on the die.
摘要:
A system and method for fabricating a thermoelectric cooling (TEC) device and a semiconductor device using such a TEC device are described. Adhesive-containing support structures are used to secure, respectively, positively-doped and negatively-doped TEC elements. The elements are intermeshed and an encapsulating material is applied to the intermeshed array. The support structures are then released and the ends of the encapsulated elements are smoothed and electrically coupled together. If desired, panels are secured to the ends of the elements and a heat sink may also be provided. The TEC device may be used to control and/or tune a laser device.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for mounting optical elements onto an optical device are described. A mounting structure is produced out of a carrier substrate. The mounting structure includes one or more walls defining a well and surrounding a plurality of protrusions. The well defined by the walls is filled with an adhesive material system, such as epoxy. An optical device is lowered into contact with the epoxy, and then into contact with the protrusions. The displaced epoxy is displaced through one or more conduits into one or more reservoirs. A plurality of such mounting structures enables one to align a plurality of optical elements together in a single plane.
摘要:
A portable purge system for transporting materials, such as semiconductor wafers used in the manufacture of ICs, comprises a carrier having compartments for releasably receiving and enclosing the materials therein. The carrier is flooded with an inert gas such as nitrogen so as to adsorb the nitrogen on the surface of the materials, dilute contaminants, and purge the contaminants from the carrier. The carrier and the flooding means are mounted in a transport case. A humidifier is connected to the flooding means so that the materials will adsorb water and thereby further resist adsorption of hydrocarbon contaminants.