Patent ID: 7181099

Claim:
A reduced thickness fiber optic module comprising: a printed circuit board having a top surface, a bottom surface and a peripheral edge surface extending between said top and bottom surfaces; an integrated circuit chip package including a bottom mounting surface mounted on said top surface, said mounting surface including a plurality of conductive features formed thereon; at least one microwave via formed through said printed circuit board and extending from said top surface to said bottom surface, each via containing a conductive material therein and a first via coupled to a first conductive feature of said plurality of conductive features; and an optical subassembly (OSA) having a carrier substrate including a front side and a back side, said back side of said OSA carrier substrate mounted in closely spaced adjacent relation with said peripheral edge surface such that a portion of said carrier substrate resides above said top surface and a portion of said carrier substrate resides below said bottom surface, said optical sub assembly electrically coupled to a lower conductive trace formed on said bottom surface, said lower conductive trace electrically coupled to said first via, said OSA electrically coupled to said first via and therefore to said first conductive feature.