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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2001
Benson Chan, Vestal, NY (US);
Paul F. Fortier, Richelieu, CA;
Francois Guindon, San Diego, CA (US);
Glen Walden Johnson, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Joseph Kuczynski, Rochester, MN (US);
Gerald Daniel Malagrino, Jr., Rochester, MN (US);
James Robert Moon, Oronoco, MN (US);
David Roy Motschman, Rochester, MN (US);
John Henry Sherman, Lisle, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An optical transceiver arrangement includes a retainer assembly. The retainer assembly includes at least one housing adapted to be coupled to a fiber optic cable, and at least one carrier assembly having a carrier, and a die chip attached to the carrier. The die chip has at least one active region. The optical transceiver arrangement further includes at least one optical coupler disposed within the housing for optically coupling the at least one active region to the fiber optic cable. The optical transceiver arrangement also includes a laminate assembly having the retainer assembly disposed thereon. The die chip is electrically coupled to the laminate assembly.