Optical transceiver having optical receptacle arranged diagonally to longitudinal axis
AssigneesSumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Inc., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorsTakashi MATSUI, Hiromi KURASHIMA, Kazushige OKI, Naoyuki FUKUSHIMA, Kenichiro UCHIDA
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Abstract
An optical transceiver capable of narrowing an extra space for an external optical fiber is disclosed. The optical transceiver of an embodiment provides an optical receptacle with a port, to which the external optical fiber is to be inserted, headed for a direction in diagonal to the longitudinal axis of the optical transceiver. In another embodiment, the optical transceiver provides an optical receptacle capable of turning the port thereof.
Claims17
An optical transceiver, comprising:
- an optical receptacle for receiving an optical connector therein;
- an optical subassembly for performing conversion between an electrical signal and an optical signal, the optical subassembly being optically coupled with the optical receptacle by an inner fiber;
- an electronic circuit electrically coupled with the optical subassembly;
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- a housing for enclosing the optical receptacle, the inner fiber, the optical subassembly and the electronic circuit, the housing having a longitudinal axis,
- wherein the optical receptacle has a cavity, into which the external optical connector to be inserted, with an axis in diagonal to the longitudinal axis of the housing.
An optical transceiver, comprising:
- an optical receptacle for receiving an optical connector therein;
- an optical subassembly for performing conversion between an electrical signal and an optical signal, the optical subassembly being optically coupled with the optical receptacle by an inner fiber;
- an electronic circuit electrically coupled with the optical subassembly;
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- a housing for enclosing the optical receptacle, the inner fiber, the optical subassembly and the electronic circuit, the housing having a longitudinal axis,
- wherein the optical receptacle is capable of turning by an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.