A computing device, comprising: a chassis; an optical base layer, including optical connectors; a power base layer, including power connectors; a thermal base layer, including a cold supply line with liquid disconnects, hot return lines with liquid disconnects, and thermal infrastructure interfaces; a radio frequency base layer, including radio frequency connectors; a power interface, wherein the power interface connects to the power base layer; a power supply to connect to the power interface and provide power to the power base layer through the power interface; and bays defined by bay divider walls, wherein each bay divider wall is removable and each bay comprises one of the optical connectors, one of the power connectors, one liquid disconnect for the supply line, one of the liquid disconnects for a hot return line, and one of the radio frequency connectors.

An interconnect for a semiconductor device includes: a carrier; a UV programmable chip mounted on the carrier using a first array of solder connections; a UV light source mounted on the carrier using a second array of solder connections, the UV light source being in optical communication with the UV programmable chip; and a plurality of transmission lines extending on or through the carrier and providing electrical communication between the UV programmable chip and the UV light source.

There is provided a highly convenient package for an optical module in which a device can be mounted as it is even when the number and mounting position thereof are different according to the device to be mounted. The package includes a base plate having a top surface on which devices are assembled, an optical fiber mounting component mounted on the top surface of the base plate, a direct current electrical interface component and a high frequency electrical interface component mounted on the top surface of the base plate. The optical fiber mounting component and the electrical interface components are separately manufactured, separately assembled on the top surface of the base plate, and fixed in different modes. The optical fiber mounting component is fixed by fastening with screws and fixed by soldering, and the electrical interface components are fixed by fastening with the screws.

An optical port shielding and fastening apparatus is configured to be installed in the optical module. The optical module includes a housing assembly and an optical component located in the housing assembly. The optical port shielding and fastening apparatus includes a fastener and an electromagnetic wave absorbing piece. The fastener is fastened in the housing assembly. The electromagnetic wave absorbing piece is fastened on a side that is of the fastener and that faces an outside of the housing assembly. A first mounting hole and a second mounting hole are correspondingly provided on the fastener and the electromagnetic wave absorbing piece. The optical component passes through the first mounting hole and the second mounting hole in sequence. This application provides an optical port shielding and fastening apparatus, an optical module, and a communications device, to resolve poor optical port shielding performance of an optical module in the related technology.

The present disclosure describes active optical cable assemblies. A cable assembly includes a fixed active optical connector having a transceiver, a ruggedized optical fiber cable integrated with the fixed active optical connector, a main cable assembly comprising one or more optical fiber cables, wherein the ruggedized cable is spliced to the main cable assembly; and a removable shroud configured to surround at least a portion of the fixed active optical connector plugged into a remote radio unit and to be secured to a remote radio unit. Active optical cable and remote radio unit systems and kits are also described.

A multi-channel optical sub-assembly includes a printed circuit board with a signal processor mounted thereon, a package window mounted on the printed circuit board, the package window including a transparent material, a package mounted on the package window, and an optical device accommodated into an inner space of the package and configured to convert an electrical signal, input from the signal processor, into an optical signal, wherein the electrical signal sequentially passes through a window through electrode buried in the package window and a package through electrode buried in the package and is input to the optical device.

Provided is an optical submodule which includes an optical transmission/reception module that optically couples an optical transmission signal and an optical reception signal into one optical fiber and a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) mounted on the optical transmission/reception module that functions as an electrical signal interface with a main board, and an electrical signal line of an optical transmission channel for the optical transmission signal and an electrical signal line of an optical reception channel for the optical reception signal may be deployed on different sides of the FPCB.

Embodiments include interposers for use in high speed applications. In an embodiment, the interposer comprises an interposer substrate, and an array of pads on a first surface of the interposer substrate. In an embodiment, a plurality of vias pass through the interposer substrate, where each via is electrically coupled to one of the pads in the array of pads. In an embodiment a plurality of heating elements are embedded in the interposer substrate. In an embodiment a first cable is over the first surface interposer substrate. In an embodiment, the first cable comprises an array of conductive lines along the first cable, where conductive lines proximate to a first end of the cable are electrically coupled to pads in the array of pads.

An integrated transceiver module may be configured to convert optical signals received by optical transmission media of the hybrid optical/electrical connector and convert such optical signals into equivalent electrical signals and drive such equivalent electrical signals to electrically-conductive conduits of the electrical connector and convert electrical signals received by electrically-conductive conduits of the electrical connector and convert such electrical signals into equivalent optical signals and drive such equivalent optical signals to the optical transmission media of the hybrid optical/electrical connector, such that the device can communicate with a hybrid optical/electrical port of an information handling system via the cable.

The technology relates to an integrated circuit (IC) package. The IC package may include a substrate. An IC die may be mounted to the substrate. One or more photonic modules may be attached to the substrate and one or more serializer/deserializer (SerDes) interfaces may connect the IC die to the one or more photonic modules. The IC die may be an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) die and the one or more photonic modules may include a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) and fiber array. The one or more photonic modules may be mounted to one or more additional substrates which may be attached to the substrate via one or more sockets.