Optical waveguides – With disengagable mechanical connector
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-29
2005-03-29
Lee, John D. (Department: 2874)
Optical waveguides
With disengagable mechanical connector
C385S088000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06872007
ABSTRACT:
An optical line-of-sight inter-board data transfer configuration for circuit boards mounted in a card cage or other suitable mounting mechanism has an array of light emitting devices and an array of light detecting devices mounted on each circuit board such that, when the circuit boards are mounted in the card cage, each light emitting device of one circuit board is aligned with a corresponding light detecting device on an adjacent circuit board. Data is modulated onto collimated light that is transmitted from the light emitting devices via a gas (air) or free space medium to corresponding ones of the light detecting devices. In this way high data rates in the gigahertz range may be achieved between circuit boards, avoiding the bottleneck imposed by a backplane of the card cage.
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Gray Francis I.
Lee John D.
Lin Tina M
Tektronix Inc.
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