USO0RE41147E

(19) United States (12) Reissued Patent

(10) Patent Number: US RE41,147 E (45) Date of Reissued Patent: Feb. 23, 2010

Pang et a]. (54)

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR

3,809,908 A 3,870,396 A

PLUGGABLE FIBER OPTIC MODULES

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3,976,877 A * 4,149,072 4,161,650 4,217,030 4,229,067 4,273,413

(75) Inventors: Ron Cheng Chuan Pang, Singapore

(SG); Yong Peng Sim, Singapore (SG); Edwin Dair, Los Angeles, CA (US); Wenbin Jiang, Thousand Oaks, CA

(US); Cheng Ping Wei, Gilbert, AZ (US); Ronson K. Tan, Singapore (SG); Kee Sin Tan, Singapore (SG)

(73) Assignee: JDS Uniphase Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US)

(21) Appl.No.: 11/873,641 (22) Filed:

A A A A A

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2 297 007 07-225327 07-225328 WO 95/12227

7,116,912 Oct. 3, 2006

10/118,761 Apr. 8, 2002

7/1996 8/1995 8/1995 5/1995

Naoaki Yamanaka, Optoelectronic Packaging, a Wiley ilnterscience Publication, Chapter TWo, “Communication System Interconnection Structure,” pp. 11423, 38443.* Shinichi Sasaki, “A Compact Optical Active Connector: An

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US. Applications:

Primary ExamineriAgustin Bello

(63)

(74) Attorney, Agent, or FirmiMathew A. Pequignot; Pequignot + Myers LLC

Continuation-in-part of application No. 09/656,779, ?led on Sep. 7, 2000, now Pat. No. 6,873,800, and a continuation-in

part of application No. 09/321,308, ?led on May 27, 1999, now Pat. No. 6,901,221.

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Provisional application No. 60/283,046, ?led on Apr. 10,

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ABSTRACT

2001.

Pluggable ?ber optic modules having a receive printed cir

Int. Cl. H04B 10/00

cuit board and a transmit printed circuit board perpendicular With an interface printed circuit board With an edge connec

(2006.01)

tion. The edge connection of the interface printed circuit (52) (58)

US. Cl. ......................... .. 398/139; 398/138; 385/92 Field of Classi?cation Search ........ .. 398/l38il39;

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printed circuit board. A transmitter optoelectronic device is coupled to the transmit printed circuit board. A receiver optoelectronic device is coupled to the receive printed circuit board. The pluggable ?ber optic modules may further include a support base, a nose receptacle, and an alignment

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