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OwnerDavid Philip Chown, Jeremy Paul Crouch +2inventors
InventorsDavid Philip Chown, Jeremy Paul Crouch, Stuart Wilkinson, Richard Bardsley
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Apparatus for optical communications, the apparatus being adapted for mounting on a circuit pack and including, as a single, self-contained module, circuitry comprising at least one of an optical receiver for converting a received optical signal into a received electrical signal and an optical transmitter for converting an electrical transmission signal into an optical transmission signal, at least one electrical connector for conveying at least one of said received electrical signal and said electrical transmission signal, and at least one optical connector for conveying at least one of said received optical signal and said optical transmission signal. The circuitry further comprises at least an optical detector for detecting said received optical signal based on a decision level, and the receiver includes at least one decision block having a selectively variable decision level.
Module apparatus for optical communications, the apparatus being adapted for mounting on a circuit pack and including, as a single, self-contained module:
The apparatus of any preceding claim, further comprising a microprocessor for setting said decision level as a function of a command received over a data bus connected through said at least one electrical connector.
The apparatus of any of the previous claims, wherein said at least one electrical connector includes electrical connection formations adapted for sliding into an engagement position in a given direction, the module including a casing having at least one main direction of extension corresponding to said given direction, whereby said formations of said at least one electrical connector are brought to said engagement position by sliding said casing along said at least one main direction of extension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.