PLUGGABLE OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS MODULE AND SYSTEM

摘要

An optical communications system and a pluggable optical communications module for use in the system are provided. The configuration of the pluggable optical communications module is such that no optical turn in any light path is required. Embodiments of the optical communications module include an EMI shielding solution and an electrical interface for electrically interfacing an electrical subassembly (ESA) of the module with a system printed circuit board (PCB) in a way that obviates the need for an optical turn.

主权项

1. An optical communications system comprising:
a first pluggable optical communications module, the module comprising:
a plastic module body having at least a first receptacle formed in a front end thereof for mating with a first optical connector that holds a first end of a first optical fiber, the first receptacle having an axis that is coaxial with an optical axis of the first optical connector when the first optical connector is mated with the first receptacle;an optical subassembly (OSA); andan electrical subassembly (ESA), wherein at least a first optoelectronic device of the ESA has an optical axis that is coaxial with the axis of the first receptacle such that when the first optical connector is mated with the first receptacle, the optical axis of the first optoelectronic device is coaxial with the optical axis of the first optical connector.