Patent ID: 8644712
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An opto-electronic communication module, comprising: a circuit substrate providing electrical interconnections for circuitry mounted on the circuit substrate, the circuit substrate having an opening extending therethrough from a first surface of the circuit substrate to a second surface of the circuit substrate; an opto-electronic communication device mounted on a metalized layer of the first surface of the circuit substrate, the metalized layer of the first surface of the circuit substrate being disposed on a non-metallic layer of the first surface of the circuit substrate; and a housing having a plurality of metal walls substantially enclosing the circuit substrate, the housing further having an optical signal port, one of the plurality of metal walls adjacent to the second surface of the circuit substrate having a protrusion unitarily formed in the one of the plurality of metal walls, the protrusion extending through the opening in the circuit substrate and contacting the metalized layer on the first surface of the circuit substrate.