Patent ID: 7717627

Claim:
An optoelectronic module, comprising: a transceiver substrate including at least one trace; an optical subassembly including at least one trace that is configured and arranged for at least indirect electrical communication with the at least one trace of the transceiver substrate; and a connector element at least partially sandwiched between a surface of the transceiver substrate where the at least one trace of the transceiver substrate is disposed and a surface of an extension of the optical subassembly upon which the at least one trace of the optical subassembly is etched, the connector element comprising: a flexible, substantially non-electrically conductive substrate having first and second opposing sides; and an array of conductors disposed within the flexible substrate, extending from the first side to the second side opposite to the first side through a width of the flexible substrate, and being distributed substantially uniformly throughout a substantial portion of the flexible substrate, at least one conductor of the array of conductors being in electrical communication with both a trace of the transceiver substrate and a trace of the optical subassembly disposed on opposing sides of the flexible substrate sandwiching the flexible substrate directly between at least a portion of the transceiver substrate and extension, wherein each conductor of the array of conductors extends substantially through upper and lower surfaces of the flexible substrate.