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

Claim 26:
27. A system comprising:
a housing comprising a front panel;
a first circuit board or a first substrate, wherein at least one of (i) the first circuit board or the first substrate is attached to the front panel, or (ii) the first circuit board or the first substrate is part of the front panel;
at least one data processing module electrically coupled to the first circuit board or the first substrate; and
at least one optical/electrical communication interface module electrically coupled to the at least one data processing module through the first circuit board or the first substrate;
wherein the at least one data processing module is capable of processing data from the at least one optical/electrical communication interface module at a rate of at least 100 gigabits per second, and each of the at least one optical/electrical communication interface module has a bandwidth of at least 10 gigabits per second;
wherein each optical/electrical communication interface module comprises:
a first optical connector configured to connect to an external optical link, and
a photonic integrated circuit configured to generate an electrical signal based on an optical signal received from the first optical connector;

wherein the at least one data processing module comprises a plurality of data processing modules, the at least one optical/electrical communication interface modules comprises a plurality of optical/electrical communication interface modules; and
wherein the plurality of data processing modules and the plurality of photonic integrated circuits are mounted directly or indirectly on a same side of the first circuit board or the first substrate.