Optical communications system and method with an optical communication module having an acute angle connection

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PATENT NO 9128257
APP PUB NO 20130336617A1
SERIAL NO

13980183

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The invention relates to an optical communications system, including an optical module, including a module motherboard provided with a substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface, an optical component on the upper surface of the substrate, the optical component being configured to submit and/or receive optical signals and being connected to electrical conductors extending through the substrate, an optical coupling module having a first light coupling port, a second light coupling port, and at least one light guiding component guiding light signals between the first and second light coupling ports, and a connector receptacle, a longitudinal axis of the connector receptacle being provided parallel or with an acute angle to the plane of the substrate, and a fiber cable connector provided on an end portion of an optical fiber cable and received in the connector receptacle.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Eichler-Neumann, Alexander Berlin, DE 7 32
Klinkicht, Sven Berlin, DE 3 22
Otte, Sven Hohen Neuendorf, DE 12 56

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