Rack-mountable equipment with a high-heat-dissipation module, and transceiver receptacle with increased cooling
AssigneeSamtec, Inc.
InventorsEric J. Zbinden, Thomas A. Hall, III
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes a heat dissipation module with a first end and a second end opposed to the first end and two receptacle connectors located at the second end. The first and second ends define a transceiver-mating direction such that, when a transceiver is inserted into the first end of the heat dissipation module in the transceiver-mating direction, the transceiver mates with one of the two receptacle connectors, and in the heat dissipation module, air flows parallel to the transceiver-mating direction between the first and second ends and flows between the two receptacle connectors.
Claims15
A stacked receptacle connector assembly comprising:
- a cage configured to be mounted to a substrate, the cage including walls defining an upper slot and a lower slot, the cage extending between a first end and a second end rearward of the first end, the upper slot is configured to receive an upper transceiver and the lower slot is configured to receive a lower transceiver;
- a lower receptacle connector at the second end of the lower slot, the lower receptacle connector includes a lower housing and lower contacts that are configured to electrically connect with an edge card of the lower transceiver;
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- an upper receptacle connector stacked in the cage above the lower receptacle connector and including:
- a printed circuit board;
- cables electrically connected to the printed circuit board and extending from the printed circuit board rearward from the cage remote from the cage;
- an upper housing;
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- upper contacts that are coupled to the printed circuit board and that are configured to electrically connect with an edge card of the upper transceiver.
A stacked receptacle connector assembly comprising:
- a cage configured to be mounted to a substrate, the cage including walls defining an upper slot and a lower slot, the cage extending between a first end and a second end rearward of the first end, the upper slot is configured to receive an upper transceiver and the lower slot is configured to receive a lower transceiver;
- a lower receptacle connector at the second end of the lower slot to mate with the lower transceiver;
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- an upper receptacle connector stacked in the cage above the lower receptacle connector, the upper receptacle connector is at the second end of the upper slot to mate with the upper transceiver, the upper receptacle connector being identical to the lower receptacle connector and being in a same orientation relative to the substrate as the lower receptacle connector, the upper receptacle connector including:
- a printed circuit board;
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- upper contacts that are coupled to the printed circuit board.
A communication system comprising:
- a substrate including a mounting area;
- a cage including walls defining an upper slot and a lower slot, the cage extending between a first end and a second end rearward of the first end, the cage including a top and a bottom, the bottom being mounted to the mounting area of the substrate, the upper slot is configured to receive an upper transceiver and the lower slot is configured to receive a lower transceiver;
- a lower receptacle connector mounted to the substrate in the mounting area and at the second end of the lower slot, the lower receptacle connector including a lower housing including a lower card slot, the lower housing holding lower contacts that are configured to electrically connect with the lower transceiver;
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- an upper receptacle connector stacked in the cage above the lower receptacle connector and including:
- a printed circuit board;
- cables electrically connected to the printed circuit board and extending from the printed circuit board rearward from the cage remote from the cage;
- an upper housing;
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- upper contacts that are coupled to the printed circuit board and that are configured to electrically connect with an edge card of the upper transceiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.