US Patent 8926196 Method and apparatus for an optical interconnect system

Provided are a method and a system, in which a first device aligns a chip to a socket along a first axis. A second device aligns the chip to the socket along a second axis, and a third device aligns the chip to the socket along a plane formed by the first axis and a third axis. Also provided is a system comprising a first optical element, and a second optical element, where a first elastic element is coupled to the first optical element, and a second elastic element is coupled to the second optical element, and where the first elastic element is aligned to the second elastic element via elastic coupling.