Patent ID: 7798820

Claim:
An optical transceiver module, comprising: a shell partially containing a printed circuit board; and an edge connector included on the printed circuit board, the edge connector including: a plurality of conductive contact pads including: a first ground contact pad; a first power supply contact pad; a first plurality of differential transmit data signal contact pads; a second plurality of differential transmit data signal contact pads, the second plurality being linearly aligned with the first plurality of differential transmit data signal contact pads such that the second plurality of differential transmit data signal contact pads is disposed behind the first plurality of differential transmit data signal contact pads as viewed from a host connector corresponding to the edge connector; a first plurality of differential receive data signal contact pads; and a second plurality of differential receive data signal contact pads, the second plurality being linearly aligned with the first plurality of differential receive data signal contact pads such that the second plurality of differential receive data signal contact pads is disposed behind the first plurality of differential receive data signal contact pads as viewed from the corresponding host connector.