Optoelectric mounting and interconnect apparatus

Optoelectric mounting and interconnect apparatus comprising:

• an elongated housing having one end designed to be engaged in receiving equipment and an opposite end;
• an optoelectric module mounted in the housing and including a ferrule defining an axial opening extending along an optical axis and having first and second ends positioned along the optical axis, a lens assembly engaged in the ferrule along the optical axis, the first end of the ferrule being formed to receive an optical fiber such that an end of the optical fiber is positioned along the optical axis and adjacent the lens assembly and light passing through the optical fiber is acted upon by the lens assembly, and an optoelectric device affixed to the second end of the ferrule so that light traveling along the optical axis appears at the optoelectric device;
• a printed circuit board attached to the housing and electrically coupled to the optoelectric device in the optoelectric module, the printed circuit board having a plurality of external electrical connections for communicating with external equipment and at least one ground or common potential connection;
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• an elongated metal can, the metal can defining an opening adjacent one end with a portion of the housing therein so as to substantially surround and shield the optoelectric module and the printed circuit board and an defining an opening adjacent an opposite end for receiving external equipment in connection with the printed circuit board, the metal can being designed to extend from the receiving equipment to external equipment received in the opening.

Optoelectric mounting and interconnect apparatus comprising:

• an elongated housing having one end designed to be engaged in receiving equipment and an opposite end, the housing being formed with a generally circular cross-section;
• an optoelectric module including a ferrule defining an axial opening extending along an optical axis and having first and second ends positioned along the optical axis, the ferrule being radially symmetrical about the optical axis, a lens assembly engaged in the ferrule along the optical axis, the first end of the ferrule being formed to receive an optical fiber such that an end of the optical fiber is positioned along the optical axis and adjacent the lens assembly and light passing through the optical fiber is acted upon by the lens assembly, and an optoelectric device affixed to the second end of the ferrule so that light traveling along the optical axis appears at the optoelectric device;
• a sleeve engaged over an outer periphery of the ferrule and mounting the optoelectric module within the housing by frictionally engaging the sleeve between the optoelectric module and the housing;
• a printed circuit board attached adjacent one end to the housing and electrically coupled to the optoelectric device in the optoelectric module, the printed circuit board having a plurality of external electrical connections adjacent an opposite end for communicating with external equipment and at least one ground or common potential connection;
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• an elongated metal can having a circular cross-section, the metal can defining an opening adjacent one end with a portion of the housing therein so as to substantially surround and shield the optoelectric module and the printed circuit board and defining an opening adjacent an opposite end for receiving external equipment in connection with the printed circuit board, the metal can being designed to extend from the receiving equipment to external equipment received in the opening.