Patent ID: 9310553
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G02B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A system comprising: a package substrate having a surface upon which a processor is mounted; an optoelectronic assembly electrically coupled with the package substrate and the processor, the optoelectronic assembly having one or more optical apertures that emit and/or receive the light in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the surface of the package substrate; and a receptacle mounted on the package substrate, the receptacle having a pluggable surface to receive an optical coupler plug such that the optical coupler plug is optically aligned with the one or more optical apertures of the optoelectronic assembly when the optical coupler plug is plugged into the pluggable surface of the receptacle, wherein the receptacle includes an electrically insulative material and is attached to the package substrate using one or more dummy interconnect structures.