Patent ID: 7391937

Claim:
An optical device, comprising: a circuit board having a mounting surface adapted to accommodate an electro-optic component such that an active surface of the electro-optic component will be positioned substantially parallel to the mounting surface; an optical network including a plurality of optical waveguides arranged in layers, the optical network coupled to the circuit board opposite the mounting surface such that the optical waveguides extend in a plane generally parallel to the mounting surface, wherein the circuit board includes at least one via having an axis generally non-parallel to the mounting surface and positioned at a location adjacent to where the active surface of the electro-optic component is accommodated, the via extending through the mounting surface and into the optical network thus exposing at least one optical waveguide on a side thereof; and a lens kit including a plurality of lens pucks adapted to be inserted into the at least one via, wherein at least one lens puck has a specularly reflective element, wherein the lens kit is fixedly attached within the via and arranged to align with the exposed optical waveguides such that the reflective element will reflect light traveling along the axis of the via into the optical network and vise versa.