High density pluggable electrical and optical connector

Details High density pluggable electrical and optical connector High density pluggable electrical and optical connector

2008-10-01

2011-12-27

Hammond, Briggitte R (Department: 2833)

Electrical connectors

Electromagnetic or electrostatic shield

Shield encloses plural connectors

C439S607100

Reexamination Certificate

active

08083547

ABSTRACT:
A connector assembly is provided that includes a front end mating connector which is received in a socket. The front end mating connector includes a pluggable transceiver, latching mechanism, and passive optical connector. Standard optical ribbon fibers are provided that plug into the passive connector, which in turn plugs into the transceiver. The passive connector and the transceiver are coupled together by the latching mechanism. The coupled connector then plugs into the socket in a first direction. The socket includes electrical connector wafers. As the transceiver is plugged into the socket, circuit boards within the transceiver move in a second direction to engage the wafers. The transceiver has a circuit that converts the optical signals received by the receiver ribbons into electrical signals that are recognized by the wafers and passed to the circuit board. The circuit also converts the electrical signals received from the circuit board through the wafers in the socket into optical signals for transmission by the optical ribbon fibers.

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Status on the Project Interconnect by Optics, year 1, Sep. 28, 2002, 25 pages.

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