Patent ID: 6876004

Claim:
An optoelectronic assembly comprising: a plurality of transistor outline packages housing a like plurality of optoelectronic devices; a plurality of circuit interconnects, each respective circuit interconnect coupled to a respective one of the optoelectronic devices and a respective one of the transistor outline packages, wherein each respective circuit interconnect comprises an elongate, flexible insulator including: a plurality of data signal traces on a first side for transmitting a plurality of data signal currents between the respective optoelectronic device and a respective device external to the respective transistor outline package; and a conductor on a second side for transmitting a ground current between the respective transistor outline package and the respective device external to the respective transistor outline package; the conductor having a current path that runs parallel to the plurality of data signal traces; and a circuit board on which each of the respective devices external to the transistor outline packages is mounted; wherein the insulator, the conductor and the data signal traces of each of the plurality of circuit interconnects are configured so that, for operation in a predefined range of frequencies above 3 GHz, impedance of the circuit interconnect approximately matches impedance of the respective device external to the transistor outline package.