Patent ID: 7156562

Claim:
An opto-electronic module having an optical port and an electrical port comprising: a planar first substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, electrical traces, a port end, and an interior end; an opto-electronic device attached to and electrically connected to the top surface of the first substrate wherein the opto-electronic device serves as the optical port wherein the opto-electronic device comprises: a semiconductor chip package having a top surface and a bottom surface with top and bottom electrical contacts, the bottom surface mounted directly on the top surface of the first substrate with the bottom electrical contacts at the bottom surface of the chip package being electrically connected to the electrical traces of the first substrate; a support block for supporting an optical device package, the support block having a first face and a second face that are angled relative to one another with electrical traces that extend from the first face to the second face wherein the first face of the support block is mounted on the top surface of the chip package so that the top electrical contacts of the chip package are electrically coupled to associated traces on the support block; and an optical device package mounted on the second face of the support block, the optical device package having at least one active facet thereon and having electrical contacts that are electrically coupled to associated traces on the support block; a second planar substrate having electrical traces, the second substrate having a port end and an interior end, wherein the port end forms the electrical port; a flex connector that is a flexible band containing a plurality of electrically conductive lines, wherein the conductive lines of the flex connector electrically connect the electrical traces of the first and the second substrates, whereby the flex connector allows for the adjustable positioning of the height of the optical port with respect to the height of the electrical port; and an external ease configured to enclose the first and second substrates as well as all components mounted thereon, the case enabling optical communication between the optical device package and an external optical component and enabling electrical connection to the port end of the second substrate.