Patent ID: 8840323

Claim:
A parallel optical communication module, comprising: a module housing; an electronic circuitry assembly within the module housing; an optics mount within the module housing, the optics mount having a substantially planar lower surface and a substantially planar upper surface parallel to the substantially planar lower surface, a wall of the optics mount disposed between the substantially planar lower and upper surfaces and separating an interior region from an exterior region; a plurality of substantially parallel elongated thermal conductors, each thermal conductor having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end extending beyond the wall and disposed in the exterior region and coupled to proximal ends of other thermal conductors of the plurality of substantially parallel elongated thermal conductors, the distal end extending beyond the wall and disposed within the interior region, each thermal conductor elongated in a direction parallel to the substantially planar lower and upper surfaces and extending through the wall of the optics mount and held captive in the wall of the optics mount; a plurality of monolithic opto-electronic devices arrayed along an axis perpendicular to the plurality of substantially parallel elongated thermal conductors and parallel to the substantially planar lower and upper surfaces, each monolithic opto-electronic device selected from the group consisting of light source and light sensor, each opto-electronic device having a plurality of opto-electronic elements arrayed along the axis, each monolithic opto-electronic device mounted on the distal end of one of the plurality of substantially parallel elongated thermal conductors; a plurality of flexible electrical conductors electrically connecting each opto-electronic device to the electronic circuitry assembly; an optics assembly mounted on the substantially planar upper surface of the optics mount, the optics assembly comprising an optical device, the optics assembly disposed within the module housing and coupleable to a plurality of optical fibers, the optical device comprising a plurality of optical elements arrayed correspondingly to the opto-electronic elements with respect to the axis, the optical device secured through direct contact with the optics mount to secure each optical element in nominal alignment with a corresponding one of the opto-electronic elements along an optical path.