Methods, systems and means for providing data communications between data equipment

The method of claim 4 wherein said at least two optical components comprise at least one vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL).

A method for the communication of data between a Central Processing Unit (CPU) and a display monitor through a photonic package and fiber optic interface, said method comprising the steps of:

• coupling a photonic package containing at least two vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) with at least one ribbon plastic optical fiber to create an optical data interface;
• and
• permitting data communications between said CPU and said display monitor through an optical data interface, such that said optical data interface provides a highly integrated and flexible high bandwidth communications package suitable for display data communications.

A method for the communication of data between a server and at least one client through an optical interface, said method comprising the steps of:

• creating an optical interface by coupling at least two photonic devices integrated into a common optical package residing with said server with fiber optic cable;
• and
• permitting data communications between said server and said at least one client through said optical interface, such that said optical interface provides a highly integrated and flexible high bandwidth communications package suitable for data communications.

A common optical communication component package 11, comprising:

• more than one photonic components mounted on a multi-element leadframe;
• and
• plastic overmolding covering said more than one photonic components and said multi-element leadframe to create said optical interface.

A system for communicating data between a server and at least one client through an optical fiber interface, said system comprising:

• at least two photonic devices integrated within a common package coupled with at least one ribbon plastic optical fiber system to create an optical fiber interface, wherein data communications are permitted between said server and at least one client through said optical fiber interface, such that said optical fiber interface provides a highly integrated and flexible high bandwidth communications package suitable for display data communications.

A system for communicating data between data systems through an optical fiber interface, said system comprising:

• a photonic package comprising at least one electro-optical devices integrated within a common component package that can be coupled with at least one ribbon plastic optical fiber, said package created by said devices on a multi-element leadframe and overmolding said electro-optical devices and said multi-element leadframe with an encapsulant to create a photonic package suitable for coupling to a fiber optic cable.