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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2002
Phillip J. Edwards, San Jose, CA (US);
Joseph John Vandenberg, West Covina, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Optoelectric mounting and interconnect apparatus includes housing designed to be engaged in receiving equipment. An optoelectric module is mounted in the housing and includes a ferrule with a lens assembly engaged in the ferrule along the optical axis. One end of the ferrule is formed to receive an optical fiber positioned adjacent the lens assembly and an optoelectric device is affixed to a second end of the ferrule so that light traveling along the optical axis appears at the optoelectric device. A printed circuit board is attached to the housing and electrically coupled to the optoelectric device and has external equipment connections and at least one ground potential connection. A metal can surrounds the module and the printed circuit board so as to extend from receiving equipment to external equipment.