Adjustable Adapter for Network Device Connector
AssigneeArista Networks, Inc.
InventorsRohan Phadke, Purav Shah, Ankush Dhar, Jason Gao
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Abstract
An adapter receivable by a network device connector may include a corresponding mating connector and switching circuitry. Different lanes of the mating connector, and consequently different lanes of the network device connector, may be accessible via the switching circuitry at corresponding test connectors. The lanes for access may be selectable using input devices of the adapter. Configured in this manner, external equipment such as test equipment may selectively access the lanes of the network device connector through the adapter.
Claims20
An adjustable adapter configured to mate with a network device port, the adapter comprising:
- a first connector having a plurality of lanes and configured to mate with a corresponding connector of the network device port;
- one or more additional connectors having one or more terminals;
- switching circuitry coupled between the plurality of lanes and a terminal of the one or more terminals;
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- one or more input devices configured to receive user input, based on which the switching circuitry is configured to connect different lanes of the plurality of lanes of the first connector to the terminal of the one or more additional connectors.
A host compliance board comprising:
- a printed circuit substrate;
- a first connector on the printed circuit substrate and having a plurality of lanes that include positive signal lanes and negative signal lanes for conveying differential signal pairs;
- a first coaxial connector having a positive signal terminal;
- a second coaxial connector having a negative signal terminal, wherein the positive and negative signal terminals convey a differential signal pair;
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- switching circuitry mounted to the printed circuit substrate, configured to connect a selected one of the positive signal lanes to the positive signal terminal of the first coaxial connector, and configured to connect a selected one of the negative signal lanes to the negative signal terminal of the second coaxial connector.
A test fixture comprising:
- a housing having a portion configured to mate with a port for a pluggable optical transceiver module;
- a printed circuit substrate;
- a first connector on the printed circuit substrate and having a plurality of lanes that include positive signal lanes and negative signal lanes for conveying differential signal pairs;
- one or more test connectors having a positive signal terminal and a negative signal terminal, wherein the positive and negative signal terminals are configured to receive a test signal as a differential signal pair;
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- switching circuitry mounted to the printed circuit substrate, configured to connect a selected one of the positive signal lanes to the positive signal terminal of the first coaxial connector, and configured to connect a selected one of the negative signal lanes to the negative signal terminal of the second coaxial connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.