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

Claim 14:
15. The system of claim 1 wherein the first circuit board or the first substrate has a first main surface and a second main surface;
wherein the at least one optical/electrical communication interface module comprises a second substrate comprising:
a first main surface and a second main surface;
a first array of electrical contacts arranged on the first main surface and having a first minimum spacing between the contacts;
a second array of electrical contacts arranged on the second main surface and having a second minimum spacing between the contacts, in which the first minimum spacing is larger than the second minimum spacing;
a third array of electrical contacts arranged on the first main surface;
first electrical connections between the first array of electrical contacts and a first subset of the second array of electrical contacts; and
second electrical connections between the third array of electrical contacts and a second subset of the second array of electrical contacts;
wherein the first main surface of the second substrate is configured to be removably connectable to the second main surface of the first circuit board;

wherein the at least one optical/electrical communication interface module comprises an electronic integrated circuit that is electrically coupled to the second array of electrical contacts arranged on the second main surface of the second substrate;
wherein the at least one optical/electrical communication interface module comprises a photonic integrated circuit having a second main surface and electrical contacts arranged on the second main surface that are electrically coupled to the third array of electrical contacts arranged on the first main surface of the second substrate;
wherein the at least one optical/electrical communication interface module comprises a first optical connector part that is optically coupled to the photonic integrated circuit.