Patent ID: 7217043

Claim:
An optoelectronic transceiver having: a transmitting component, which converts electrical signals into optical signals, a first circuitry module for the transmitting component, a receiving component, which converts optical signals into electrical signals, a second circuitry module for the receiving component, a printed circuit board with conductor tracks, on which the transmitting component, the receiving component, the first circuitry module and the second circuitry module are each directly arranged, and a transceiver housing, which comprises a non-conductive material and has a connector receptacle for receiving and coupling an optical connector, wherein the transmitting component, the first circuitry module, the receiving component and the second circuitry module form at least one subassembly, the subassembly having: an encapsulation composition, in which the components of the subassembly are embedded, and a wiring layer embodied using thin-film technology and comprising microstrip waveguides, said wiring layer providing an electrical contact connection on the one hand between the components of the subassembly among one another and on the other hand to associated contacts of the printed circuit board.