Patent ID: 7226216

Claim:
An optoelectronic transmission and/or reception arrangement including: an optical unit comprising: at least one of a transmission component and a reception component, an electrical circuitry component for said at least one of the transmission component and the reception component, a circuit carrier, on which the components are mounted and contact-connected, and a pre-assembled coupling unit configured for receiving and coupling at least one optical fiber such that the at least one optical fiber is optically coupled to the at least one of the transmission component and the reception component, wherein the coupling unit comprises first electrical contacts having first contact regions connected to the circuit carrier and second electrical contacts with second contact regions for connecting the coupling unit to a main circuit board, wherein the electrical contact-connection of the circuit carrier is effected via said first electrical contacts of the coupling unit, wherein the pre-assembled coupling unit is configured to directly receive the at least one optical fiber, and wherein the pre-assembled coupling unit is different from and does not include the optical unit.