Abstract: A heat dissipation solution is provided that includes a heat sink structure that has a very high thermal conductivity and includes elements or features that can be deformed to increase the contact surface areas between the heat sink structure and the module casing, thereby decreasing thermal resistance. By increasing the thermal conductivity and the sizes of the surface areas that are used for transferring heat, the temperature difference between the temperature of the light source and the temperature of the module casing can be decreased to enable the light source to be operated at higher data rates. Furthermore, deformation of the deformable features also removes space between the optical subassembly and the module body caused by mechanical tolerance differences that occur during manufacturing.

Abstract: An optical transceiver module is provided with a delatch device that is configured for pushing and pulling an optical transceiver module into and out of a cage. The delatch device includes an elongated handle having at least one strength member integrally formed therein or secured thereto that provides the handle with a sufficient moment of inertia to prevent the handle from bending or buckling when a force is being applied to the elongated handle to push an optical transceiver module into a cage. The elongated handle allows a module to easily be inserted into a cage by a user without the user having to directly access the front face of the module.

Abstract: An optoelectronic module is provided that has an adapter that interacts with the tongue actuator of a module removal tool to actuate the cage tongue. Actuation of the cage tongue causes the latch disposed on the optoelectronic module to retract from the opening formed in the tongue to allow the optoelectronic module to be removed from the cage by the module removal tool. The adapter enables the module removal tool to be used to remove the module from the cage despite the fact that the distance between the optical reference plane and the mechanical actuation plane and the distance between the optical reference plane and the bottom surface of the cage may differ.

Abstract: An active optical cable is provided that is well suited for consumer applications. In contrast to known Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable (QSFP) active optical cables, the active optical cable incorporates at least one consumer input/output (CIO) optical transceiver module that is well suited for consumer applications. The plug housing of the known QSFP active optical cable has been modified to house at least one CIO optical transceiver module that utilizes laser diode and photodiode singlets, rather than the parallel laser diode and photodiode arrays used in the known QSFP active optical cables. These features reduce the overall cost of the active optical cable and make it well suited for consumer applications.

Abstract: A diagnostic test system includes a first layer and a base. The first layer is attached to the base to form one or more chambers. The diagnostic test system includes one or more pumps. Each one of the one or more pumps is configured to control a movement of a fluid within one of the one or more chambers by creating a deformation that changes a volume of the one of the one or more chambers.

Abstract: An optoelectronic module is seated onto a substrate connector by guiding the module along an initial path portion that is misaligned with respect to the mating direction defined by the substrate connector and further includes providing a positive pressure drive along an end path portion with sufficient force to secure the optoelectronic module to the substrate connector. Where the mating is via a pin-and-socket arrangement, the positive pressure drive requires sufficient force to push the main body of the module to ensure entry of the pins into the sockets. Typically, there is a conversion from force applied in one direction to module motion in the orthogonal direction. However, a rocking cam embodiment is also described.

Abstract: Systems and methods of indicating status of a diagnostic test system are described. In one aspect, a diagnostic test system includes a housing, an indicator system, and a test unit in the housing. The indicator system produces a non-textual sensory output signal that is perceptible from an area outside the housing. The test unit performs at least one diagnostic test on a diagnostic assay to determine whether at least one analyte is present within a sample. The test unit also produces a status indicator control signal triggering the indicator system to indicate a status of the diagnostic test via the non-textual sensory output signal.

Abstract: A hand-held optoelectronic test system comprising a cartridge including at least one light source and sensors prealigned to permit acquisition of electro-optic data from a fluid sample reacted with a reagent, such as upon a test membrane in a reaction zone, and a reader which processes the acquired data to identify a physical change in the fluid sample. The cartridge and reader are operable for separate predetermined or controllable finite numbers of tests before becoming disposable.

Abstract: An optical subassembly (OSA) for an optoelectronic module uses an optical turn that permits mounting of the OSA on a circuit board of a primary module. A fabrication process for the OSA can achieve low complexity and high yield from the ability to fabricate the OSA separate from fabrication of the primary module. Fabrication of the OSA can include a burn-in test of an optoelectronic chip on a flex circuit that is small to reduce yield loss costs when the optoelectronic chip is defective. The OSA and the primary module can be mechanically attached and electrically connected using wire bonding techniques.

Abstract: An optoelectronic module is seated onto a substrate connector by guiding the module along an initial path portion that is misaligned with respect to the mating direction defined by the substrate connector and further includes providing a positive pressure drive along an end path portion with sufficient force to secure the optoelectronic module to the substrate connector. Where the mating is via a pin-and-socket arrangement, the positive pressure drive requires sufficient force to push the main body of the module to ensure entry of the pins into the sockets. Typically, there is a conversion from force applied in one direction to module motion in the orthogonal direction. However, a rocking cam embodiment is also described.

Abstract: An optoelectronic assembly includes an optical lens element (OLE) coupled to a substrate. The substrate includes a transducer, a standing structure on the transducer, a transducer lens supported by the standing structure over the transducer, and alignment features. The OLE includes an OLE lens and co-alignment features that couple with the alignment features on the optoelectronic assembly. When the substrate is coupled to the OLE, the transducer lens is aligned with the OLE lens.