Patent ID: 7961770
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: G02B,H01S

Abstract:
1. An optoelectronic module comprising: a housing having a receptacle end for accepting a connector of an optical fiber assembly having a plurality of optical fibers; a VCSEL array mounted on a base within the housing, the VCSEL array having a plurality of VCSELs each for producing a modulated optical signal; a photodiode array mounted on the base within the housing, the photodiode array having (i) a plurality of optical signal monitoring photodiodes each for monitoring a performance metric of one of the VCSELs and (ii) a reference diode to monitor an operating characteristic of the VCSEL array; and a lens assembly mounted within the housing adjacent the base and configured to receive the modulated optical signals and convert each into a modulated output signal and a monitoring signal, wherein the lens assembly is configured to couple each of the modulated output signals into one of the plurality optical fibers when the optical fiber assembly is connected to the receptacle end, and wherein the lens assembly is configured to couple each of the monitoring signals to one of the monitoring photodiodes.