Optical fiber connector including light transceivers
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorKai-Wen Wu
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Abstract
An optical fiber connector is positioned on a printed circuit board (PCB) and includes a main body, a number of slots, and a number of optical fibers. The main body includes a number of light transceivers. Each of the light transceivers includes a light transmitting module and a light receiving module adjacent to the light transmitting module. One end of each of the optical fibers is optically coupled to a respective one of the light emitting modules and the light receiving modules, and the other end of each of the optical fibers is mounted on a respective one of the slots.
Claims3
An optical fiber connector positioned on a printed circuit board, the optical fiber connector comprising:
- a main body comprising a plurality of light transceivers positioned on the printed circuit board;
- wherein each of the light transceivers comprises a light emitting module and a light receiving module, the light emitting module and the light receiving module of a same light transceiver are adjacent to each other;
- a plurality of slots;
- a plurality of optical fibers, wherein one end of each of the optical fibers is optically coupled to a respective one of the light emitting modules and the light receiving modules, and the other end of each of the optical fibers is mounted on a respective one of the slots;
- an optical-electrical converting lens comprising a substrate, the substrate comprising a top wall opposite to the printed circuit board, and a side wall connected to the top wall, the side wall comprising an outer surface;
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- at least one connecting element secured on the outer surface of the side wall and holding the ends of the optical fibers close to the second converging lenses, wherein the substrate defines a receiving groove, the light transceivers are received in the receiving groove, the optical-electrical converting lens further comprises at least one reflecting lens integrated in the top wall, the at least one reflecting lens is configured for reflecting first optical signals from the light emitting modules to the corresponding optical fibers and further configured for reflecting second optical signals from the optical fibers to the corresponding second receiving modules.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.