Patent ID: 8160451

Claim:
A pluggable optical network unit (ONU) transceiver module comprising: an optical connector configured to connect to an optical fiber to access an optical network; a transmit line including: laser driver; and a laser; a first receive line including: a first optical receiver; and a first post amplifier; a second receive line including: a second optical receiver; and a second post amplifier; a single linear array of individual pins including input/output (I/O) and video pins and electrically coupled to the laser driver, first post amplifier, and second post amplifier, the individual pins each being physically spaced apart from one another; and an optical triplexer positioned between the optical connector and each of the transmit line and first and second receive lines, the optical triplexer comprising first, second, third and fourth ball lenses and first and second wavelength selective filters, wherein: the first ball lens is positioned between the first optical receiver and the first wavelength selective filter; the second ball lens is positioned between the laser and the first wavelength selective filter; the second wavelength selective filter is positioned between the first wavelength selective filter and the third ball lens; and the fourth ball lens is positioned between the second optical receiver and the second wavelength selective filter.