Modular faceplate optical connection
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsKevin Leigh, John Norton
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Abstract
An optical conversion module having a printed circuit board having a proximate and a distal end and including an electrical interface at the distal end. The optical conversion module also having a faceplate modularly connected to the proximate end of the printed circuit board, the faceplate having at least one retention device. The optical conversion module further having an optical transceiver disposed on and electrically connected to the printed circuit board, a chip optical connector disposed on and optically connected to the optical transceiver, and a faceplate optical connector modularly disposed through the faceplate and modularly connected to the chip optical connector through an optical fiber jumper.
Claims14
An optical conversion module comprising:
- a printed circuit board having a proximate end and a distal end, and including an electrical interface at the distal end;
- a faceplate modularly connected to the proximate end of the printed circuit board, the faceplate having at least one retention device;
- an optical transceiver disposed on and electrically connected to the printed circuit board;
- a chip optical connector disposed on and optically connected to the optical transceiver;
- a faceplate optical connector modularly disposed through the faceplate and modularly connected to the chip optical connecter through an optical fiber jumper;
- and
- a module processor disposed directly on the printed circuit board to manipulate data received through the faceplate optical connector.
A computing system, the system comprising:
- a computing platform comprising:
- a chassis having a module aperture;
- and
- a system board disposed in the chassis, the system board having a system electrical interface connection and a pair of guide rails;
- and
- an optical conversion module having a proximate end and a distal end and comprising:
- a first printed circuit board disposed on an extended carrier bracket longitudinally extending within the chassis, the first printed circuit board having a module electrical interface connected to the system electrical interface connection;
- a faceplate modularly connected to the proximate end of the optical conversion module, the faceplate having at least one faceplate retention device;
- an optical transceiver;
- a chip optical connector disposed on and connected to the optical transceiver;
- and
- a faceplate optical connector modularly disposed through the faceplate and modularly connected to the chip optical connecter through an optical fiber jumper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.