OPTICALLY-ENABLED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE

摘要

An optically-enabled integrated circuit (IC) package for connecting an el ectrical circuit board to an optical fiber is presented. The IC package comp rises an OSA having a laser which is pre-aligned with the optical fiber. The OSA further comprises a standard electrical interface for the connection to the microchip and a standard optical interface for the connection to the op tical fiber. A set of mechanical concepts for connecting optical connectors and cables to integrated circuit packages is also presented and can be appli ed for any type of optical connector such as single optical fiber ferrules, MT-RJ type optical ferrules and 2-D MT-type optical ferrules.