Patent ID: 7851811

Claim:
An optoelectronics chip-to-chip interconnection system comprising: at least one substrate; at least one packaged chip; at least one Optical-Electrical conversion (O-E) board located in close physical proximity to and electrically connected to said at least one packaged chip, wherein said at least one O-E board comprises: at least one substrate, and at least one optical component for conversion of optical signal to electrical signal and/or for conversion of electrical signal to optical signal mounted on said at least one substrate; and at least one waveguide board located in close physical proximity to and electrically connected to said at least one O-E board, wherein said at least one waveguide board comprises at least one optical medium; wherein said at least one optical component is arranged discretely or monolithically integrated on a single wafer, wherein said at least one optical component comprises a laser-diode electrically connected to said at least one packaged chip, wherein the laser-diode is a top-emitting vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL), a bottom-emitting VCSEL, an edge-emitting laser, a top-illuminated photodiode, or a bottom illuminated photodiode.