Patent ID: 8195017

Claim:
A consumer input/output (CIO) optical transceiver module for use in an active optical cable, the CIO optical transceiver module comprising: a module circuit board having a substrate, a plurality of electrical contacts disposed on the substrate and a plurality of electrical conductors passing through the substrate; at least first and second singlet laser diodes mounted on the circuit board substrate; at least first and second singlet photodiodes mounted on the circuit board substrate; at least one integrated circuit (IC) mounted on the substrate; an optics system module mounted on the substrate; a latch mechanically coupled to the optics system module; and a jumper mechanically coupled to the latch, the jumper holding proximal ends of at least first and second transmit optical fibers and first and second receive optical fibers, wherein a first set of optical elements of the optics system module optically couples light between the proximal ends of the first and second transmit optical fibers and the first and second singlet laser diodes, respectively, and wherein a second set of optical elements of the optics system module optically couples light between the proximal ends of the first and second receive optical fibers and the first and second singlet photodiodes, respectively.