Patent ID: 7263248

Claim:
A printed circuit board (PCB) comprising: a mounting surface; an optoelectronic device for providing an optical signal, said mounting surface being formed with a cavity and said optoelectronic device residing within said cavity; optical waveguide means coupled to said PCB spaced from and substantially parallel with said mounting surface; via hole means through said PCB and functioning as an optical waveguide to transmit optical signals therethrough from said optoelectronic device to said optical waveguide means; wherein said waveguide means further comprises means to at least partially redirect the optical signal from said via hole along said waveguide means; and an integrated circuit (IC), wherein said optoelectronic device is mounted directly onto one side of said IC, with said one side of said IC mounted onto said mounting surface and positioned so that said optoelectronic device is located directly over said via hole.