Patent ID: 11895798
Assignee: NUBIS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one optical/electrical communication interface module comprises an optical interconnect module comprising:
a second circuit board or a second substrate having a length, a width, and a thickness, in which the length is at least twice the thickness, and the width is at least twice the thickness, the second circuit board or the second substrate has a first surface defined by the length and the width;
an optical input port configured to receive a plurality of channels of optical signals;
a photonic integrated circuit mounted directly or indirectly on the second circuit board or the second substrate and configured to generate a plurality of first electrical signals based on the received optical signals; and
an array of first electrical terminals arranged on the second circuit board or the second substrate, wherein the array of first electrical terminals comprises at least two electrical terminals distributed along the length direction and at least two electrical terminals distributed along the width direction, the array of first electrical terminals is electrically connected to the first circuit board or the first substrate, the photonic integrated circuit is configure to transmit the plurality of first electrical signals through the array of first electrical terminals and the first circuit board or the first substrate to the at least one data processing module.