Optical micro-connector

Details Optical micro-connector Optical micro-connector

2008-03-14

2010-10-05

Stahl, Mike (Department: 2874)

Optical waveguides

With disengagable mechanical connector

Optical fiber to a nonfiber optical device connector

C385S089000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07806602

ABSTRACT:
A low-cost, high-speed micro-connector replacement for current electrical inter-connects and intra-connects on printed circuit boards is provided. The invention permits fast and reliable information transmission over a single fiber through the utilization of an optical transmitter module or optical receiver module mounted in close proximity to a modulator used to encode optical signals from electrical impulses or decode optical signals to electrical impulses. The micro-connector is mounted on a PCB in alignment with the transmitting or receiving modules and provides appropriate alignment and stop positioning of an optical fiber used for optical transmitting between transmitting/receiving modules.

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