Pluggable connectors for connecting large numbers of electrical

Details Pluggable connectors for connecting large numbers of electrical Pluggable connectors for connecting large numbers of electrical

Filed on

1993-08-03

Date issued

1995-03-07

Examiner

Bovernick, Rodney B.

Patent Class

Optical waveguides

SubClass

With disengagable mechanical connector

SubSubClass

Optical fiber to a nonfiber optical device connector

Other Related Categories

385 94, 385 89, G02B 636

Type

Patent

Status

active

Patent number

053965736

Description

ABSTRACT:
Enables a large number of pluggable-array connectors to be used with a multi-chip module (MCM) by using a connector technique that does not require a significant amount of available surface area on a module. The array connectors provide a large increase in the input/output (I/O) capacity of a module. Each of the connectors has a receptacle supported by a frame around the module, and short flexible transmission lines connect the receptacle to the module. A plug connects a cluster (array) of external transmission lines, which may be optical and/or electrical transmission lines operating in parallel. Optical transmission lines may have optical/electrical transducers mounted on either the frame or module. Frame mounting of optical transducers with a connector receptacle enables a connector to transfer only electrical signals between the connector and the module, regardless of a mix of optical and electrical transmission lines to the same connector plug.

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patent: 5173668 (1992-12-01), Jacobowitz et al.
patent: 5272754 (1993-05-01), Basavanhally et al.

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