Patent ID: 6222665
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: G02B,H05K

Abstract:
Opto-electrical module for converting optical signals into electrical signals or, respectively, electrical signals into optical signals,the module comprising a printed circuit board as a circuit carrier equipped with electrical components on one surface that, as an electrical interface on the one hand, comprises a plurality of metallic plugin contacts proceeding parallel in the region of a first end face for direct plugging of the module into a connector element of an electrical assembly that is complementary to these plugin contacts;the printed circuit board, as an optical interface on the other hand, being connected to an optical element in the region of a second end face, and the optical element being accepted into a recess of the printed circuit board proceeding perpendicularly inward from the second end face and having electrical terminals of the element being soldered therein to solder contacts of the printed circuit board; andthe one surface and a back side of the printed circuit board being at least partially covered by a preferably metallic housing part.