Optoelectronic module with improved heat management
AssigneeTyco Electronics Svenska Holdings AB
InventorsOdd Robert Steijer, Magnus Andersson
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Abstract
An optoelectronic module is disclosed. The optoelectronic module comprises an optical connector, a contact, an opto-electric assembly, and a casing. The opto-electric assembly has a carrier optically connected to the optical connector by a flexible optical fiber and electrically connected to the contact by a flexible cable. The casing at least partially encloses the opto-electric assembly, the optical connector, and the contact. An inner surface of a wall of the casing is attached to the carrier in a thermally conductive manner.
Claims24
An optoelectronic module, comprising:
- an optical connector;
- a contact;
- an opto-electric assembly having a carrier optically connected to the optical connector by a flexible optical fiber and electrically connected to the contact by a flexible cable;
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- a casing at least partially enclosing the opto-electric assembly, the optical connector, and the contact, an inner surface of a wall of the casing thermally connected to the carrier by a thermal bridge, the thermal bridge attached to the casing by a rigid thermal interface joint.
An optoelectronic module, comprising:
- an optical connector;
- a contact;
- an opto-electric assembly having
- a transparent substrate,
- a carrier mounted on the transparent substrate, optically connected to the optical connector by a flexible optical fiber, and electrically connected to the contact by a flexible cable, and
- an optical transducer mounted on the transparent substrate and converting optical signals into electrical signals and electrical signals into optical signals;
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- a casing at least partially enclosing the opto-electric assembly, the optical connector, and the contact, an inner surface of a wall of the casing attached to the carrier in a thermally conductive manner, the transparent substrate mounted at an opening of the carrier such that a first surface of the transparent substrate on which the optical transducer is mounted faces toward the wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.