Optoelectronic system with a wedge-shaped adapter

A method of assembling an optoelectronic system, the method comprising:

• providing a substrate and an interposer disposed thereon, the interposer having an electronic component and an optical component disposed thereon or therein, the electronic component and optical component in one or both of electrical and optical communication with each other;
• positioning a ferrule coupled to an optical fiber within an optical socket;
• bonding a wedge-shaped adapter to the substrate;
• and
• bonding the optical socket to the adapter, the adapter disposing the ferrule at a non-zero angle relative to an upper surface of the interposer.

An optoelectronic system comprising:

• a substrate;
• an interposer disposed on the substrate including an ASIC and a a lens array having at least one spherical lens;
• a ferrule and an optical fiber having one end terminated within ferrule;
• an optical socket configured to receive the ferrule therein, the optical socket configured to align the ferrule and the at least one spherical lens when the ferrule is received therein and the optical socket is coupled to the interposer and the substrate;
• an adapter positioned between the interposer and the optical socket, the adapter and the optical socket being separately constructed, the adapter having a wedge-shaped configuration such that the ferrule is disposed at a non-zero angle relative to an upper surface of the interposer when the ferrule is received in the optical socket and the optical socket is coupled to the adapter, wherein light transmitted by the optical fiber is tilted at an oblique angle and is configured to impinge on a central region of the spherical lens after exiting the ferrule.