Patent ID: 9647762
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G02B,H01S,H04B

Claim:
1. An optical transceiver comprising: a carrier having two opposing surfaces and one or more openings extending from a first surface of the two opposing surfaces to a second surface of the two opposing surfaces; a laser driver chip coupled to the first surface; a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) array chip coupled to the first surface; a photodetector array chip coupled to the first surface; a receiver amplifier chip coupled to the first surface; and an optical coupling element coupled to the second surface, wherein the optical coupling element includes a housing with one or more lead-in surfaces that guide an optical connector ferrule to alignment with the optical coupling element, and wherein the optical coupling element includes at least one of: a plurality of sampling lenses, a plurality of collimating lenses, at least one feedback mirror, a plurality of monitor focusing lenses, a plurality of final receiver focusing lenses, or a plurality of focusing lenses; wherein the VCSEL array chip and the photodetector array chip are disposed such that optical signals can pass through the one or more openings in the carrier.