Patent ID: 8412052

Claim:
A system comprising: a laser packaged within a first optical connector housing mounted to a first substrate and electrically coupled to a first electronic chip, the first optical connector housing being shaped as a mechanically transferable type (MT-type) connector, the laser being part of a laser module mounted on the first substrate, the module being flip-chip bonded to connections on the first substrate, and the substrate being packaged inside the first optical connector housing with apertures of the first substrate exposed through the first optical connector housing; solder bumps on the first optical connector housing for making flip-chip connections to the first substrate; a photodiode packaged within a second optical connector housing mounted to a second substrate and electrically coupled to the second substrate, the second optical connector housing being a mechanically transferable type (MT-type) connector, the photodiode being part of a photodiode module mounted on the second substrate, the module being flip-chip bonded to connections on the second substrate, and the second substrate being packaged inside the second optical connector housing with apertures of the second substrate exposed through the second optical connector housing; solder bumps on the second optical connector housing for making flip-chip connections to the second substrate; and an optical fiber cord having optical connectors at either end to mate with the first optical connector housing and the second optical connector housing to direct butt-couple the optical fiber cord to the laser and the photodiode and optically connect the laser to the photodiode.