An optical cable assembly is provided, an optical cable provided with one or more optical fibers, a strain-relieve device mounted on the optical cable and configured to provide a strain relieve when the optical cable is fed into an optical module through an opening in a housing of the optical module, wherein the strain-relieve device is provided with an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a distance between an end portion of the one or more optical fibers and the strain-relieve device. Furthermore, an optical module and a method for assembling an optical cable assembly are provided.
An alignment pin for an optical communication system comprises: a first portion (31) extending along a direction in a receiving hole of a printed circuit board, a second portion (32) extending along this direction in a receiving through hole of an optical coupling device, a third portion (33) extending along this direction in a receiving hole of an external optical component. The pin comprises an abutting surface (35) placed in contact with a parallel complementary surface (36) of the optical coupling device.
Printed circuit board assembly including an optical subassembly having a carrying face for carrying at least one optoelectronic component in a such way that light emitted from/directed to is transmitted through the optical subassembly; a printed circuit board having a supporting area for supporting the optical subassembly; wherein the printed circuit board supporting area includes a hole lodging at least one part of the optoelectronic component and wherein at least one part of the carrying face is fixed by flip-chip bonding to at least one part of the supporting area.
The invention relates to an optical coupling unit for an arrangement for sending optical signals, including a base unit, a light path formed between a light input and a light output of the base unit and configured to transmit light received via the light input to the light output, an outer light path section included in the light path, which section extends outside the base unit and into which the light transmitted along the light path emerges from the base unit via a light exit and from which the light after passing through the outer light path section enters again into the base unit via a light entry, and a light decoupling element, which is formed in the light path by means of at least one beamsplitting surface coating and configured to decouple a portion of the light transmitted along the light path. Furthermore the invention relates to an arrangement for sending optical signals and to an optical transceiver.
G02B 6/42 - Couplage de guides de lumière avec des éléments opto-électroniques
H04B 10/50 - Systèmes de transmission utilisant des ondes électromagnétiques autres que les ondes hertziennes, p.ex. les infrarouges, la lumière visible ou ultraviolette, ou utilisant des radiations corpusculaires, p.ex. les communications quantiques Émetteurs
G02B 27/14 - Systèmes divisant ou combinant des faisceaux fonctionnant uniquement par réflexion
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Contact pin, header connector and connector assembly
The invention relates to a contact pin having longitudinal surfaces bulged to define opposite contact lines extending in longitudinal direction of the contact pin, wherein in cross section of the contact pin the plane through the two opposite contact lines is offset from the cross sectional center of the contact pin.
H01R 13/6471 - Moyens pour empêcher la diaphonie par agencement particulier des conducteurs de mise à la masse et de signaux, p.ex. GSGS [mise à la masse - signal - mise à la masse - signal]
H01R 43/00 - Appareils ou procédés spécialement adaptés à la fabrication, l'assemblage, l'entretien ou la réparation de connecteurs de lignes ou de collecteurs de courant ou pour relier les conducteurs électriques
H01R 43/16 - Appareils ou procédés spécialement adaptés à la fabrication, l'assemblage, l'entretien ou la réparation de connecteurs de lignes ou de collecteurs de courant ou pour relier les conducteurs électriques pour la fabrication des pièces de contact, p.ex. par découpage et pliage
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Optical communications system and method with an optical communication module having an acute angle connection
The invention relates to an optical communications system, including an optical module, including a module motherboard provided with a substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface, an optical component on the upper surface of the substrate, the optical component being configured to submit and/or receive optical signals and being connected to electrical conductors extending through the substrate, an optical coupling module having a first light coupling port, a second light coupling port, and at least one light guiding component guiding light signals between the first and second light coupling ports, and a connector receptacle, a longitudinal axis of the connector receptacle being provided parallel or with an acute angle to the plane of the substrate, and a fiber cable connector provided on an end portion of an optical fiber cable and received in the connector receptacle.
Electronic module, such as a small footprint pluggable (SFP) connector module, including a housing, an electroconductive cage for shielding the module and a latch for the cage to the housing. The latch includes a separate latch member accommodated between the housing and the cage, and at least one resiliently protruding tip. The cage is provided with an opening for receiving the resiliently protruding tip.
A connector for connection between a circuit board and a further electronic component is disclosed. The connector includes an insulating housing having a board slot open towards a mating direction for accommodating the circuit board, and a plurality of terminals. The terminals have a rear portion, an intermediate portion and a tip portion, the intermediate portion including a contact portion for contacting a surface portion of the circuit board when accommodated in the board slot. The housing includes a window such that for a number of adjacent terminals housing material is absent between the intermediate portions. A shield member may be arranged in between the rear portions of the terminals. Improved circuit boards are also disclosed.
H01R 12/00 - Association structurelle de plusieurs éléments de connexion électrique isolés les uns des autres, spécialement conçue pour des circuits imprimés, p.ex. des cartes de circuit imprimé [PCB], des câbles plats ou à ruban ou des structures similaires géné; Dispositifs de couplage spécialement conçus pour des circuits imprimés, des câbles plats ou à ruban ou des structures similaires généralement planes; Bornes spécialement conçues pour établir le contact avec, ou pour être insérées dans des circuits imprimés, des câbles plats ou à ruban ou des structures similaires généralement planes
H01R 13/646 - CONNEXIONS CONDUCTRICES DE L'ÉLECTRICITÉ; ASSOCIATION STRUCTURELLE DE PLUSIEURS ÉLÉMENTS DE CONNEXION ÉLECTRIQUE ISOLÉS LES UNS DES AUTRES; DISPOSITIFS DE COUPLAGE; COLLECTEURS DE COURANT - Détails de dispositifs de couplage des types couverts par les groupes ou spécialement adaptés à la haute fréquence, p.ex. structures procurant une adaptation d'impédance ou un accord de phase
H01R 13/6477 - Adaptation d'impédance par variation des propriétés diélectriques
H01R 12/72 - Dispositifs de couplage pour circuits imprimés rigides ou structures similaires se couplant avec la bordure des circuits imprimés rigides ou des structures similaires
The invention relates to an electro-optical connection module, including a housing, at least one printed circuit board provided in the housing, an optical engine provided on the printed circuit board, the optical engine including at least one of a receiver device configured to transform optical signals received into electrical signals and a transmitter device configured to transform electrical signals received into optical signals, an optical engine port, and an electrical engine port, a pluggable optical port, an optical patch cable assembly connecting the optical engine port and the pluggable optical port for optical signal transmission, and a pluggable electrical port connected to the electrical engine port for electrical signal transmission.
G02B 6/12 - OPTIQUE ÉLÉMENTS, SYSTÈMES OU APPAREILS OPTIQUES - Détails de structure de dispositions comprenant des guides de lumière et d'autres éléments optiques, p.ex. des moyens de couplage du type guide d'ondes optiques du genre à circuit intégré
G02B 6/38 - Moyens de couplage mécaniques ayant des moyens d'assemblage fibre à fibre
G02B 6/42 - Couplage de guides de lumière avec des éléments opto-électroniques
A circuit board (1) is provided comprising a plurality of insulating layers, at least one ground layer and at least one layer comprising signal traces. The circuit board comprises at least a first conductive via (17) and a second conductive via (17). The first conductive via and the second conductive via penetrate through at least a first insulating layer of the plurality of insulating layers and are connected to a signal trace. The first conductive via and the second conductive via are arranged adjacent each other. At least in the first insulating layer the first conductive via and the second conductive via are separated in a first direction of separation (R) by a first adjustment portion comprising a dielectric material property different from the first insulating layer.
An optical communication system comprising: an optical circuit board comprising an optical interface having a transmission region, an optical coupling device comprising: a first optical interface having a first transmission region optically coupled to a corresponding transmission region of the optical interface of the optical circuit board, a second optical interface having a second transmission region adapted to be optically coupled to a corresponding transmission region of an optical interface of a mating optical device, a fixation part, wherein the optical communication system comprises a support element glued to the fixation part of the optical coupling device and removably mounted on the optical circuit board.
An electrical connector may include a first connector with electrically-conductive contacts. The contacts may have blade-shaped mating ends, and may be arranged in a centerline. The electrical connector may include a second connector with electrically-conductive receptacle contacts, which may also be arranged in a centerline. The connectors may be mated such that the mating portion of a first contact in the second connector may physically contact of a corresponding blade-shaped mating end of a contact in the first connector.
In accordance with one embodiment, an electrical connector includes a connector housing, and at least one electrical terminal supported by the connector housing. The electrical terminal defines a mating portion and a mounting portion, the mounting portion carrying a pair of crimp members having crimp teeth configured to pierce through a flex cable when crimped so as to mount the flex cable to the mounting portion of the electrical terminal.
An electrical connector includes a first contact module and a second contact module adjacent the first contact module. Each contact module has a plurality of ground and signal contacts. Each ground contact and signal contact includes a mating portion, a mounting portion, and an intermediate portion extending between the mating portion and the mounting portion. In each contact module, the intermediate portions of the ground contacts are disposed in a first common plane and the intermediate portions of the signal contacts are disposed in a second common plane that is spaced from the first common plane. The first contact modules and the second contact modules are arranged such that two adjacent signal contacts of the first and second contact modules, respectively, define a differential signal pair such that the intermediate portions of the adjacent signal contacts are spaced more closely than the intermediate portions of two adjacent ground contacts of the first and second contact modules, respectively.
H01R 13/648 - Dispositions de protection par mise à la terre ou par blindage sur les dispositifs de couplage
H01R 13/6471 - Moyens pour empêcher la diaphonie par agencement particulier des conducteurs de mise à la masse et de signaux, p.ex. GSGS [mise à la masse - signal - mise à la masse - signal]
H01R 13/6586 - Matériau de blindage entourant individuellement des contacts espacés les uns des autres ou interposé entre ces derniers pour séparer des modules de connecteurs multibroches
H01R 13/6477 - Adaptation d'impédance par variation des propriétés diélectriques
H01R 13/6587 - Matériau de blindage entourant individuellement des contacts espacés les uns des autres ou interposé entre ces derniers pour séparer des modules de connecteurs multibroches pour montage sur des cartes de circuits imprimés
A connector assembly is provided which includes a housing and at least one conductor module. The conductor module comprises at least a first sub-module and a second sub-module attached together to form the conductor module. The conductor module is at least partially received in the housing. The housing and the first sub-module include cooperating positioning structures for positioning the at least one conductor module into the housing such that the position of the second sub-module with respect to the housing is determined by the position of the first sub-module with respect to the housing in at least a first direction (X; Z). A connector assembly is also provided in which at least one contact includes at least one contact beam of which a part is resiliently displaceable substantially parallel to a side wall of the housing from a preload position to a second position for receiving a mating contact. The housing includes a stand-off structure configured to cooperate with at least a portion of the contact to provide and maintain a separation between at least the contact portion and the first side wall in and between the preload position and the second position.
H01R 13/658 - Dispositions pour le blindage en haute fréquence, p.ex. protection contre les parasites électromagnétiques ou les impulsions électromagnétiques
An electrical connector may include a first connector with electrically-conductive contacts. The contacts may have blade-shaped mating ends, and may be arranged in a centerline. The electrical connector may include a second connector with electrically-conductive receptacle contacts, which may also be arranged in a centerline. The connectors may be mated such that the mating portion of a first contact in the second connector may physically contact of a corresponding blade-shaped mating end of a contact in the first connector.
In one embodiment, an electrical connector includes a plurality of leadframe assembly assemblies, each having a leadframe housing and a plurality of electrical contacts carried by the leadframe housing. At least a pair of adjacent leadframe assemblies includes respective first and second conductive member portions of a conductive bar that reduces cross talk. The first and second portions are each seated in their respective leadframe housings and face each other such that the electrical connector is devoid of electrical contacts between the first and second portions.
H01R 13/648 - Dispositions de protection par mise à la terre ou par blindage sur les dispositifs de couplage
H01R 13/514 - Socles; Boîtiers formés comme un bloc ou un assemblage modulaire, c. à d. composés de parties coopérantes pourvues de pièces de contact ou maintenant entre elles des pièces de contact
H01R 12/72 - Dispositifs de couplage pour circuits imprimés rigides ou structures similaires se couplant avec la bordure des circuits imprimés rigides ou des structures similaires
H01R 13/6464 - Moyens pour empêcher la diaphonie en ajoutant des éléments capacitifs
An electrical connector and leadframe assemblies for use therein are provided. Each leadframe assembly can be constructed with at least one electric contact having a ground plate. A first type of leadframe assembly includes an uppermost electrical contact defining a ground plate. A second type of leadframe assembly includes a lowermost electrical contact defining a ground plate. The ground plates can reduce the level of crosstalk exhibited by the electrical connector.
A lead frame assembly for an electrical connector is provided. The lead frame assembly includes a first lead, a second lead adjacent the first lead and a dielectric material. The leads have a first end, a second end and an intermediate portion between the first end and the second end. The leads are received within the dielectric material with the intermediate portions being substantially surrounded by the dielectric material. The dielectric material includes at least a first channel in the dielectric material arranged in-between the first and second leads. The first channel is defined by at least three sides and has a length extending in a direction substantially parallel to the intermediate portions of the first and second leads.
H01R 13/514 - Socles; Boîtiers formés comme un bloc ou un assemblage modulaire, c. à d. composés de parties coopérantes pourvues de pièces de contact ou maintenant entre elles des pièces de contact
An electrical connector is provided that includes a connector housing supporting a plurality of electrical contacts. The electrical contacts are edge-coupled along a column direction, and spaced apart along a row direction so as to define a space that is defined by adjacent electrical contacts along the row direction. The electrical connector includes at least one rib disposed in the space. The rib has a dielectric constant greater than air such that the dielectric constant of the space is increased with respect to a substantially identical space that is filled only with air. The increased dielectric constant reduces the impedance of the electrical connector.
An electrical connector may include a first connector with electrically-conductive contacts. The contacts may have blade-shaped mating ends, and may be arranged in a centerline. The electrical connector may include a second connector with electrically-conductive receptacle contacts, which may also be arranged in a centerline. The connectors may be mated such that the mating portion of a first contact in the second connector may physically contact of a corresponding blade-shaped mating end of a contact in the first connector.
Example electrical connectors are provided including a plurality of electrical contacts configured to communicate between electrical devices. The plurality of electrical contacts includes a plurality of ground contacts. A ground coupling assembly is configured to electrically connect ground contacts of an electrical connector to adjust a performance characteristic of the electrical connector as desired.
H01R 13/6471 - Moyens pour empêcher la diaphonie par agencement particulier des conducteurs de mise à la masse et de signaux, p.ex. GSGS [mise à la masse - signal - mise à la masse - signal]
H01R 13/514 - Socles; Boîtiers formés comme un bloc ou un assemblage modulaire, c. à d. composés de parties coopérantes pourvues de pièces de contact ou maintenant entre elles des pièces de contact
An electrical connector may include a first connector with electrically-conductive contacts. The contacts may have blade-shaped mating ends, and may be arranged in a centerline. The electrical connector may include a second connector with electrically-conductive receptacle contacts, which may also be arranged in a centerline. The connectors may be mated such that the mating portion of a first contact in the second connector may physically contact of a corresponding blade-shaped mating end of a contact in the first connector.
An electrical connector having at least four electrical contacts that form two pairs of differential signal contacts. The first and second electrical contacts may be arranged edge-to-edge along a first direction. The third electrical contact may be adjacent to, and arranged broadside-to-broadside with, the first electrical contact along a second direction substantially transverse to the first direction. The first and third electrical contacts may define one of the pairs of differential signal contacts. The fourth electrical contact may be adjacent to, and arranged broadside-to-broadside with, the second electrical contact along the second direction. The second and fourth electrical contacts may define the other pair of differential signal contacts. The two pairs of differential signal contacts may be offset from one another along the second direction.
An electrical connector having a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact adjacent to the first electrical contact. The first electrical contact may define a first broadside and a second broadside opposite the first broadside. The second electrical contact may define a third broadside and a fourth broadside opposite the third broadside. The electrical connector may further include a non-air dielectric and a commoned ground plate. The non-air dielectric may be disposed between the second broadside of the first electrical contact and the fourth broadside of the second electrical contact. The commoned ground plate and the first electrical contact may be adjacent to one another and may be separated by an air dielectric.