Detachable light source supply apparatus and optical transceiver having the same

Abstract

Provided is a detachable light source supply apparatus in which a light source element, which has a high probability of failure among components of an optical transceiver, is separately disposed on the outside, to supply a light source to the optical transceiver. This detachable light source supply apparatus includes a detachable coupling part to the optical transceiver, and an optical input/output unit. The detachable coupling part and the optical input/output unit may be implemented with MPO type connectors. Depending on various wavelength standards, an external light source element may be a multi-channel light source element that emits light sources having different wavelengths. For the multi-channel light source element, a plurality of light emitter of a single wavelength may be used, and in other embodiments, a multi-channel light emitter that emits light sources having a plurality of different wavelengths may be used.

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