Patent ID: 8047856
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connector mateable with a plurality of modules, comprising: a housing having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a substantially planar shape, the housing having a first socket recess for receiving a base portion of a first module and having a second socket recess for receiving a base portion of a second module, the first socket recess having a shape substantially corresponding to a shape of the base portion of the first module, the second socket recess having a shape substantially corresponding to a shape of the base portion of the second module, each of the first and second modules comprising at least one of a transmitter and a receiver; and a connector circuit board having a first surface and a second surface, a first portion of the housing mounted on a portion of the first surface of the connector circuit board with the lower surface of the housing in contact with the first surface of the connector circuit board, a second portion of the housing enclosed by the first portion of the housing exposing a first portion of the first surface of the connector circuit board through the socket recess of the housing, a third portion of the housing enclosed by the first portion of the housing exposing a second portion of the first surface of the connector circuit board through the second socket recess of the housing, the exposed first portion of the connector circuit board having a first array of resilient conductive contacts corresponding to an array of conductive pads of the first module, the second surface of the connector circuit board having a first Ball Grid Array (BGA), the exposed second portion of the connector circuit board having a second array of resilient conductive contacts corresponding to an array of conductive pads of the second module, the second surface of the connector circuit board further having a second BGA.