Patent ID: 9052484
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: G02B,H04B

Abstract:
1. A connector assembly for interconnecting one or more parallel optical transceiver modules with a system circuit board, the connector assembly comprising: an assembly housing having at least a first socket recess formed in an upper surface of the assembly housing for receiving a base portion of a first parallel optical transceiver module, the first socket recess having a shape substantially corresponding to a shape of the base portion of the first parallel optical transceiver module; an assembly circuit board attached to the assembly housing, the assembly circuit board having an upper surface and a lower surface, the assembly housing covering the upper surface of the assembly circuit board except where said at least a first socket recess is formed in the upper surface of the assembly housing, and wherein a first area of the upper surface of the assembly circuit board is exposed through the first socket recess, and wherein at least a first socket is disposed on the exposed first area of the upper surface of the assembly circuit board, the first socket comprising a first array of electrical contacts for making electrical contact with a second array of electrical contacts disposed on a lower surface of the base portion of the first parallel optical transceiver module when the base portion is received in the first socket recess, the lower surface of the assembly circuit board having a third array of electrical contacts disposed thereon for making contact with a fourth array of electrical contacts disposed on an upper surface of the system circuit board when the connector assembly is mounted on the upper surface of the system circuit board; and at least a first gearbox integrated circuit (IC) for performing data rate conversion mounted on and electrically connected to the assembly circuit board, and wherein the first gearbox IC is electrically connected to the first array of electrical contacts via electrical traces of the assembly circuit board.