Patent ID: 8083415

Claim:
An out-of-band line-side electrical interface configured to electrically connect a printed circuit board (PCB) of an optoelectronic device to an optical connector removably received within an optical port of the optoelectronic device, comprising: a lead frame body having a plurality of line-side posts and a plurality of PCB-side posts; and a plurality of traces embedded within the lead frame body, each of the traces including a line-side contact and a PCB-side contact, wherein each of the line-side contacts is embedded within a corresponding one of the line-side posts and is configured to be in direct contact with and electrically coupled to a corresponding contact on the optical connector when received within the optical port, and each of the PCB-side contacts is embedded within a corresponding one of the PCB-side posts and is configured to be in direct contact with and electrically coupled to a corresponding contact on the printed circuit board.