Patent ID: 7418208

Claim:
An optoelectronic transceiver for a bidirectional optical signal transmission, the optoelectronic transceiver comprising: a housing having a width of at most 13.5 mm; a first bidirectional optical subassembly arranged in the housing and serving for the simultaneous emission and reception of optical signals; a second bidirectional optical subassembly arranged in the housing and serving for the simultaneous emission and reception of optical signals; and an optical interface for coupling two optical waveguides, such that each optical waveguide is optically coupled to a corresponding one of the first and second bidirectional optical subassemblies, wherein the first subassembly comprises: a transmission component for emitting light having a first wavelength; and a reception component for detecting light having a second wavelength, wherein at least a portion of one of the transmission and reception components is optically transparent to the light emitted or detected by the other of the transmission and reception components.