Patent ID: 7204648
Filing Date: 2007-04-17
Classification: G02B,H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. An optoelectronic device for use in a high-speed communication system including an external electrical device, the optoelectronic device comprising: a housing; a circuit board mounted in the housing; at least one optoelectronic component mounted on the circuit board; a plurality of spaced-apart contact pads mounted proximate to an edge of the circuit board, the plurality of contact pads for coupling with a plurality of complementary connectors of the external electrical device, each coupling between a contact pad and a complementary connector being associated with an excess shunt capacitance; a plurality of inductive traces mounted on the circuit board, each inductive trace connected to a respective contact pad of the plurality of contact pads, each inductive trace associated with a compensating series inductance; and a plurality of signal lines mounted on the circuit board, each signal line connected to a respective inductive trace of the plurality of inductive traces, the plurality of signal lines utilized in conjunction with optoelectronic communications by the at least one optoelectronic component; wherein each inductive trace of the plurality of inductive traces is configured so that the compensating series inductance associated with the inductive trace substantially offsets the excess shunt capacitance associated with the coupling between the contact pad connected to the inductive trace and a complementary connector of the external device.