PASSIVELY ALIGNED OPTO-ELECTRONIC COUPLING ASSEMBLY

摘要

An opto-electronic coupling assembly (10) for optically coupling a light active area of an active device (12) with an end face that is disposed at one end of an elongated light guide such that light is coupled between the end face of the light guide end housing (14) that defines a housing outline and which is adapted to support the end of the light guide including its end face. The opto-electronic coupling assembly (10) further includes an active device (12) and at least partially surrounds the support arrangement. The encapsulant material (34) is substantially optically transparent to the coupled light and is molded in a predetermined configuration which cooperates with the housing outline of the light guide end housing in a way that passively places the light guide when the light guide end housing (14) is assembled with the active device (12) package.