Patent ID: 7366367

Claim:
An optical data link comprising: a circuit board having first and second mounting sections on a principal plane thereof; an optical module component mounted on the first mounting section of the circuit board; and an electronic device mounted on the second mounting section of the circuit board, wherein the electronic device comprises an amplifier or a driver, a concave portion in the first mounting section of the circuit board to receive the optical module component, wherein the optical module component comprises: a mounting component having a principal plane including first and second regions; a semiconductor optical device mounted on the first region of the mounting component adjacent to the amplifier or driver and electrically connected directly to the amplifier or driver; and an optical transmission medium supported by the second region of the mounting component and optically coupled with the semiconductor optical device; wherein: the optical transmission medium comprises an optical fiber and a ferrule, the optical fiber has first and second portions, the second portion of the optical fiber is retained in the ferrule, the optical data link further comprises a transparent resin on an optical path from one of either the semiconductor optical device and the optical transmission medium to the other, and the optical data link is operable so that light propagating through the optical transmission medium passes through the transparent resin.