Patent ID: 9638875
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G02B

Claim:
1. An optical communication apparatus, comprising a laser, a laser driver chip, a photodetector, an amplifier chip, an assembling plate and at least two I/O interfaces, wherein the laser, the laser driver chip, the photodetector and the amplifier chip are disposed on an upper surface of the assembling plate; the laser is connected to the laser driver chip via transmission lines and the photodetector is connected to the amplifier chip via transmission lines; wherein a plurality of conducting vias are formed in the assembling plate, the laser driver chip and the amplifier chip are respectively connected to different I/O interfaces via transmission lines passing through the conducting vias; and wherein a transmitter of the laser is connected to an optical fiber disposed under a lower surface of the assembling plate to transmit optical signals, and a receiver of the photodetector is connected to another optical fiber disposed under a lower surface of the assembling plate to receive optical signals.