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US 7,352,969 B2Granted
Fiber optic communication assembly
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsBrian H. Kim, Darren S. Crews, Lee L. Xu, Hengju H. Cheng, An-chun Tien, Wei-zen Lo, William H. Wang
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Abstract
A transceiver is disclosed. The transceiver includes a carrier assembly having active components to transmit and receive optical input/output (I/O); and a connector, coupled to the carrier assembly to couple optical I/O between the active components and a waveguide.
Claims17
A transceiver comprising:
- a carrier assembly having:
- a molded lead frame having:
- a metal lead frame component;
- and
- a molded plastic component;
- active components mounted on the molded lead frame to transmit and receive optical input/output (I/O);
- and
- an alignment frame having:
- alignment pins to directly interface with the metal lead frame component to establish a reference plane between the alignment frame and the metal lead frame;
- and
- guide pins to be inserted into the molded plastic component to operate as optical couplers;
- and
- a connector, coupled to the carrier assembly, to couple optical I/O between the active components and a waveguide.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.