Patent ID: 7446298

Claim:
An optical interconnect system, comprising: a first optical sub-system; and a second optical sub-system; said first optical sub-system comprising a first end and a second end, and further having a preselected length, and a preselected width; said second optical sub-system comprising a first end and a second end, and further having a preselected length, and a preselected width; first means fixedly secured to said first end of said first Optical sub-system, said first means comprising means for emitting electromagnetic radiation, said emitting means comprising an array of emitters; second means fixedly secured to said second end of said second Optical sub-system, said second means comprising means for receiving said emitted electromagnetic radiation, said second means comprising an array of detectors, each detector from said array of detectors having substantially a preselected size; said first optical sub-system imaging electromagnetic radiation from said first means into an array of substantially collimated beams of electromagnetic radiation; at least two beams from said array of substantially collimated beams of electromagnetic radiation propagating at different propagation angles, said second optical sub-system having its first end spaced apart and proximate said second end of said first optical sub-system; said first end of said second Optical sub-system and said second end of said first Optical sub-system defining a space therebetween; and said second optical sub-system, receives electromagnetic radiation from said first optical sub-system and forms an image of said emitting means onto said second means.