Module housing for connecting opto-electronic sub-assemblies
AssigneeFinisar Corporation
InventorPaul Rosenberg
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Abstract
This disclosure generally concerns modules. In one example, a module includes a housing, a printed circuit board, and an optical subassembly. The housing has a first part and a second part, with the second part holding the printed circuit board and optical subassembly. The printed circuit board has a contact element located near one end of the printed circuit board. The optical subassembly includes a connector which has a free end. The free end of the connector and the contact element of the printed circuit board are pinched together when the first and second parts of the housing are joined, thus forming an electrical connection.
Claims27
An electrical device, comprising:
- a component that includes an electrical connector which has a free end;
- a printed circuit board having circuitry in electrical communication with a contact element located proximate the free end of the electrical connector;
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- a housing configured to substantially enclose the component and the printed circuit board, the housing have first and second parts, the first part cooperating with the second part to pinch the free end of the electrical connector and the contact element together when the first part of the housing is joined with the second part of the housing.
An optoelectronic device, comprising:
- at least one optical subassembly that includes an electrical connector which has a free end;
- a printed circuit board having circuitry in electrical communication with a contact element located proximate the free end of the electrical connector;
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- a housing configured to substantially enclose the at least one optical subassembly and the printed circuit board, the housing having first and second parts, the first part cooperating with the second part to pinch the free end of the electrical connector and the contact element together when the first part of the housing is joined with the second part of the housing.
A module comprising:
- at least one optoelectronic component that includes a connector which has a free end;
- a printed circuit board having a contact element located proximate the free end of the electrical connector;
- a housing substantially enclosing the at least one optoelectronic component and the printed circuit board;
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- means for facilitating electrical communication between the contact element and the free end of the connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.