Patent ID: 6491446
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
In a fiber optic device package comprising; a signal conversion device that has a plurality of optical ports and a first plurality of electrical signal connections;an electrical circuit that has a second plurality of electrical signal connections; a flexible circuit sheet that has a plurality of electrically conductive leads, each of which has first and second ends which are connected at each of said first ends to at least one of said first plurality of electrical connections and at each of said second ends to at least one of said second plurality of electrical signal connections; and an optical connector having a plurality of optical connector fibers, wherein each optical connector fiber is aligned with one of said optical ports; the improvement compromising; the insertion of said flexible circuit sheet between said optical connector fibers and said optical ports such that light passes between said optical connector fibers and said optical ports through said flexible circuit sheet.