Patent ID: 9235018
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: G02B,H04B

Claim Text:
1. An optical communications system comprising: a motherboard; a first edge card connector mounted on a major surface of the motherboard, the first edge card connector having at least first and second side walls separated from one another by an air gap that constitutes a slot in the edge card connector, the first edge card connector including a first set of electrical contacts disposed on an inner surface of the first side wall and a second set of electrical contacts disposed on an inner surface of the second side wall; and a first optical communications card comprising at least two parallel optical communications modules mounted on a first major surface of the first optical communications card and at least two other parallel optical communications modules mounted on a second major surface of the first optical communications card, each parallel optical communications module including at least one of a plurality of transmit channels or a plurality of receive channels, the first optical communications card further comprising a plurality of electrical contacts disposed on a first portion of an edge of the first optical communications card, wherein the edge is insertable into the slot of the first edge card connector such that the first optical communications card and the first edge card connector are electrically interconnected with one another.