An apparatus and method of using flexible printed circuit board in optical transceiver device

A flexible printed circuit board comprising:

• a) a main body region orientated in a first direction having at least one electrical or optoelectronic device;
• b) a buckle region extending from one end of the main body region;
• c) a head region extending from one end of the buckle region, and where the head region is orientated so that it is at an angle relative to the direction of the main body region;
• and
• d) a heat spreader adapted along at least a portion of a surface of the head region of the flexible printed circuit board.

A flexible printed circuit board comprising:

• a) a main body region orientated in a first direction having at least one electrical or optoelectronic component;
• b) a buckle region extending from one end of the main body region;
• and
• c) a head region extending from one end of the buckle region, and where the head region is orientated so that it is at an angle relative to the direction of the main body region;
• d) an electrical plane adapted along at least a portion of a surface of the head region of the flexible printed circuit board.

A flexible printed circuit board comprising:

• a) a main body region orientated in a first direction having at least one electrical or optoelectronic component;
• b) a buckle region extending from one end of the main body region;
• c) a head region extending from one end of the buckle region, and where the head region is orientated so that it is at an angle relative to the direction of the main body region, and
• d) a height adjuster adapted along at least a portion of a surface of the head region of the flexible printed circuit board.

A flexible printed circuit board comprising:

• a) a main body region orientated in a first direction having at least one electrical or optoelectronic component;
• b) a buckle region extending from one end of the main body region;
• c) a head region extending from one end of the buckle region, and where the head region is orientated so that it is at an angle relative to the direction of the main body region;
• d) a heat spreader adapted along at least a portion of a surface of the head region of the flexible printed circuit board;
• and
• e) a window in the head region of the flexible printed circuit board, the window capable of providing access to the heat spreader.

A flexible printed circuit board comprising:

• a) a main body region orientated in a first direction having at least one electrical or optoelectronic component;
• b) a buckle region extending from one end of the main body region;
• c) a head region extending from one end of the buckle region, and where the head region is orientated so that it is at an angle relative to the direction of the main body region;
• d) a height adjuster adapted along at least a portion of a surface of the head region of the flexible printed circuit board;
• and
• e) a window in the head region of the flexible printed circuit board, the window capable of providing access to the height adjuster.

A flexible printed circuit board comprising:

• a) a main body region orientated in a first direction having at least one electrical or optoelectronic component;
• b) a buckle region extending from one end of the main body region;
• c) a head region extending from one end of the buckle region, and where the head region is orientated so that it is at an angle relative to the direction of the main body region;
• d) an electrical plane adapted along at least a portion of a surface of the head region of the flexible printed circuit board;
• and
• e) a window in the head region of the flexible printed circuit board, the window capable of providing access to the electrical plane.

A flexible printed circuit board comprising:

• a) a substantially rectangular main body region with two short sides and two long sides, the main body region having at least one electrical or optoelectronic device adapted thereto;
• b) a buckle region extending from one of the short sides of the main body region;
• c) a head region extending from the buckle region in a planar orientation substantially perpendicular to the main body region;
• and
• d) a head region having at least one optoelectronic device thereon, the optoelectronic device situated substantially along a longitudinal axis of the flexible printed circuit board.