Patent ID: 9544057
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G02B,H04B,H05K

Claim:
1. An interconnect structure for coupling at least one electronic unit for outputting and receiving electric signals relative to a further electronic component and at least one optical unit for at least one of converting said electric signals into optical signals and converting said optical signals into electric signals, said interconnect structure comprising: an electrically insulating substrate and a plurality of signal lead pairs to be coupled between said at least one electronic unit and a frontend contact region for electrically contacting said interconnect structure by said further electronic component, said interconnect structure further comprising a ground plane layer which is electrically insulated from said plurality of signal lead pairs, wherein each pair of the plurality of signal lead pairs has a circuit connecting region for electrically contacting respective terminals of said at least one electronic unit, wherein in a region adjacent to said respective terminals of said at least one electronic unit said ground plane layer has a plurality of clearances that are each allocated to one pair of the plurality of signal lead pairs and separated from a respective neighbouring clearance, wherein a ground plane layer web separates at least two signal lead pairs.