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Assembly of opto-electronic module with improved heat sink
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 2000-05-11
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Granted: 2003-01-21
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Expires: 2020-05-11
Abstract
Abstract A heat sink for a transceiver optoelectronic module including dual direct heat paths and structure which encloses a number of chips having a central web which electrically isolates transmitter and receiver chips from each other. A retainer for an optical coupler having a port into which epoxy is poured. An overmolded base for an optoelectronic module having epoxy flow controller members built thereon. Assembly methods for an optoelectronic module including gap setting and variation of a TAB bonding process.
Inventors
- 👤 Benson Chan
- 👤 Paul Francis Fortier
- 👤 Ladd William Freitag
- 👤 Gary T. Galli
- 👤 Francois Guindon
- 👤 Glen Walden Johnson
- 👤 Martial Letourneau
- 👤 John H. Sherman
- 👤 Real Tetreault
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 21:07
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W40/00; H10W40/20; H10W40/25; H10W40/251; G; G02; G02B; G02B6/00; G02B6/24; G02B6/42; G02B6/4201; G02B6/4204; G02B6/421; G02B6/4219; G02B6/4236; G02B6/4245; G02B6/4251; G02B6/4253; G02B6/4255; G02B6/4266; G02B6/4268; G02B6/4269; G02B6/4274; G02B6/4277; G02B6/428; G02B6/4281; G02B6/4283; G02B6/4292; H10W40/257; G02B6/4249; H10W72/00; H10W72/071; H10W72/073; H10W72/07351; H10W72/07353; H10W72/30; H10W72/331; H10W72/334; H10W72/50; H10W72/551; H10W72/552; H10W72/5522; H10W72/90; H10W72/931
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
102 words
A heat sink for an electronic module including an optical coupler and a plurality of chips, each of which is located in a mount, wherein two such mounts lie in a common plane and a third mount lies in a substantially perpendicular plane to the common plane, said heat sink comprising first and second metallic surfaces which are substantially parallel to the common plane, said first and second metallic surfaces overlying the area occupied by the first and second chips, and a third metallic surface which is substantially parallel to the perpendicular plane and which overlies the area occupied by other chips.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
102 words
A heat sink for an electronic module including an optical coupler and a plurality of chips, each of which is located in a mount, wherein two such mounts lie in a common plane and a third mount lies in a substantially perpendicular plane to the common plane, said heat sink comprising first and second metallic surfaces which are substantially parallel to the common plane, said first and second metallic surfaces overlying the area occupied by the first and second chips, and a third metallic surface which is substantially parallel to the perpendicular plane and which overlies the area occupied by other chips.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The heat sink of claim 1 wherein each of the metallic surfaces is separated from a respective mount by a gap.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
The heat sink of claim 2 wherein each gap is filled with thermal epoxy.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The heat sink of claim 2 wherein there are heat exchanging pin fins in proximity to the third metallic surface.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
51 words
The heat sink of claim 4 wherein the first and second chips optically communicate respectively with first and second optical couplers which extend perpendicular from such chips and their mounts, which optical couplers are inserted in a retainer, wherein the heat sink has a cover portion which extends over the retainer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The heat sink of claim 5 which is shaped so that it encloses all of the chips while physically and electrically separating the first and second chips from each other.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
The heat sink of claim 6 wherein there is a space between the first and second mounts in the common plane and wherein the heat sink has a central metallic web which extends in the space.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
The heat sink of claim 7 wherein the retainer is secured in a base which overlies a circuit card, and wherein the central metallic web is grounded to the circuit card.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
The heat sink of claim 8 wherein the central metallic web has a leg which extends into a well in the base to effect the grounding.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
45 words
The heat sink of claim 8 wherein the mount for the third chip comprises the base, and where both the top of the base and a bottom surface of the heat sink have pads for controlling the gap between the base and the heat sink.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
40 words
The heat sink of claim 3 wherein the first and second metallic surfaces have steps, and wherein the surface of the chip mounts which oppose such surfaces have similar steps, thereby creating a stepped gap in which the epoxy resides.
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