US 12,189,196 B2
Fiber block alignment structure
Suresh Venkatesan, San Jose, CA (US); Jing Yang, Singapore (SG); and Lucas Soldano, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to POET Technologies, Inc., Allentown, PA (US)
Filed by POET Technologies, Inc., Allentown, PA (US)
Filed on Oct. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/962,541.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/254,067, filed on Oct. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0176303 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 10/00 (2013.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4243 (2013.01) [G02B 6/4222 (2013.01); G02B 6/4239 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for optically aligning an optical fiber to an optical or optoelectronic element formed on a substrate, the method comprising
providing a mounting component,
wherein the mounting component comprises the optical fiber and a first optical component,
wherein the first optical component is disposed at a first distance and a first orientation to the optical fiber,
forming a second optical component on the substrate with the substrate comprising the optical or optoelectronic element,
wherein the second optical component is formed on the substrate at a second distance and a second orientation to the optical or optoelectronic element,
wherein the second distance and the second orientation are related to the first distance and the first orientation
in such a way to enable an optical alignment of the optical fiber to the optical or optoelectronic element by optically aligning the first optical component to the second optical component,
coupling the mounting component to the substrate,
optically aligning the first optical component to the second optical component using an optical signal transmitting between the first and second optical components.