Patent attributes
Discloses is a transceiver module having a box optical subassembly, a printed circuit board, and a connector extending from the box optical subassembly to the printed circuit board. The box optical subassembly includes a laser diode, a laser driver, and at least one pin receiving a driver signal for said laser driver. Optionally, the box optical subassembly includes a thermal electric cooler to cool one or more components within the box optical subassembly. The connector mounts to the at least one pin and is receivable by a pin header mounted to the printed circuit board to accommodate for variations in the orientation of the optical subassembly relative to the printed circuit board during optical alignment of the optical subassembly.