Patent ID: 8315492

Claim:
A fiber connector module, comprising: a connector module housing configured to couple the fiber connector module to an optical transceiver, wherein the connector module housing includes a first angled total internal reflection (TIR) surface, a second angled surface and a third angled surface, and is configured to receive the receiving end of at least one optical fiber therein; a biconic lens that is part of the second angled surface; and a fiber lens that is part of the third angled surface and configured to receive collimated light and to focus the collimated light to a focal point, wherein the first TIR surface is configured in such a way that the first TIR surface redirects collimated light from an optical transceiver coupled to the fiber connector module to the biconic lens, wherein second angled surface is configured in such a way that the biconic lens redirects focused light redirected from the first TIR surface to the fiber lens, and wherein the third angled surface is configured in such a way that the fiber lens focuses collimated light redirected from the biconic lens to the receiving end of an optical fiber received by the connector module housing in such a way that the focal point of the focused light from the fiber lens substantially coincides with the receiving end of the optical fiber in the connector module housing, wherein the angled surface is angled at approximately 45 degrees with respect to the receiving end of the optical fiber.