Patent ID: 7544527

Claim:
A method of fabricating an optoelectronic assembly for communicating a signal from a system electronic chip set on an multi-chip module (MCM), the system electronic chip set adapted for at least one of data processing, data switching, and data storage, to another component in a computer system, the method comprising: metallizing a first surface of a transparent substrate as an electrical signaling medium between a support electronic chip set and an optoelectronic transducer for electrical interconnection thereof; wherein the support electronic chip set is configured for at least one of providing multiplexing, demultiplexing, coding, decoding and optoelectronic transducer driving and receiving functions; bonding the support electronic chip set and optoelectronic transducer to a chip carrier; interconnecting electrically the support electronic chip set to the optoelectronic transducer via the metallized first surface of the transparent substrate; attaching the chip carrier to a second substrate; attaching a heat sink to a second surface opposite said first surface of said transparent substrate, said heat sink configured with a connector receptacle configured to receive a fiber array connector therein and to allow optical communication through said first surface and said second surface and through said heat sink to said optoelectronic transducer; and bonding a fiber array disposed in the fiber array connector to the transparent substrate optically aligned with the optoelectronic transducer to provide an optical signaling medium to the optoelectronic transducer, wherein the system electronic chip set and the optoelectronic transducer share a common thermal path for cooling thereof.