Appeal No. 95-1288
Application No. 07/844,027
of an optical fiber 12, a semiconductor component 14 and a
header. The link is held together by a curable gel 30.
Claim 25 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
25. A semiconductor to optical link comprising:
a header defining an axial direction and having
dimensions transverse to the axial direction;
a semiconductor component having an optical input/output
area defined in a first surface and first and second
electrical connections, at least one of the first and second
electrical connections being positioned in the first surface,
the semiconductor component being fixed to the header with the
first surface directed outwardly away from the header and
substantially perpendicular to the axial direction defined by
the header, the transverse dimensions of the header being
approximately the same size as the first surface of the
semiconductor component;
an elongated optical fiber having an end defining an
optical input/output of the fiber, the end of the optical
fiber having dimensions transverse to a longitudinal dimension
of the optical fiber approximately the same size as the first
surface of the semiconductor component; and
a curable gel fixing the end of the optical fiber to the
first surface of the semiconductor component, with the optical
input/output of the optical fiber in alignment with the
optical input/output area of the semiconductor component so as
to form an optical junction therebetween.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Bowen et al. (Bowen) 4,186,996 Feb. 5,
1980
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