Telecast Fiber Systems, Inc.

Multidyne Electronics, Inc.

Eugene Evan Baker

David Charles Pelletier

Francis P Jachetta

James Bennett Hurwitz

Jesse Lloyd Maxwell Kent

Joseph Curini

An apparatus includes a first transmitter/receiver module having a housing defining a longitudinal axis and with opposed first and second longitudinal sides extending along the longitudinal axis. The housing includes a first interlocking structure disposed along the first longitudinal side and having a first power interface, a second interlocking structure disposed along the second longitudinal side and having a second power interface, and first and second signal connectors positioned at respective first and second ends of the housing. The first transmitter/receiver module is configured to assume a mated condition in stacked coupled relation with one or more additional transmitter/receiver modules through cooperative engagement of at least one of the first and second interlocking structures of the first transmitter/receiver module with corresponding complementary interlocking structure arranged on a longitudinal side of a housing of one of the additional transmitter/receiver modules.

Stackable fiber optic transmitter/receiver modules

A connector module for interfacing electrical or optical connectors to electrical systems such as an audio/visual signal processing board. The module includes a housing defining at least first and second faces, at least the second face being less than about one square inch in area. There is a first electrical or optical connector at the first face, and a second electrical connector at the second face, in which the second electrical connector is a pin connector.

Electrical to optical and optical to electrical connector system

A system includes a multiplexing transceiver which is adapted to mount directly between a video camera and a camera battery pack, eliminating the need for triaxial adapters or other electrical cables at the camera and video production facility. A fiber optic cable carries upstream and downstream television signals between the camera-mountable transceiver and a remote base station transceiver. The camera-mountable transceiver includes a transmitter adapted for converting an electrical information input signal received from the camera to an optical output signal. The transceiver further includes a receiver adapted for converting an optical input signal received from the fiber optic cable to an electrical information output signal. A transceiver housing includes a first plate on a first side for mounting the housing to the camera and a second plate on a second side for mounting the housing to a power source.

Camera-mountable fiber optic transceiver system

Apparatus for providing an interface between a triaxial cable and a fiber optic cable for transmission of television signals between a camera and a camera control unit includes first and second converter circuits coupled between the triaxial cable and the fiber optic cable. The first converter circuit converts a first electrical signal received from the triaxial cable to an optical output signal. The second converter circuit converts an optical input signal received from the fiber optic cable to a second electrical signal. The first and second electrical signals each include a plurality of television signals in a frequency division multiplex format. The first converter circuit includes a plurality of bandpass filters coupled in parallel to receive the first electrical signal each of which passes one of the first television signals. The second converter circuit includes a plurality of bandpass filters coupled in parallel to receive the second electrical signal, each of which passes one of the second television signals. The converter circuits provide automatic gain control of the bandpass filtered television signals to automatically adjust for varying lengths of triaxial and fiber optic cable. The apparatus includes a power control circuit operable to control power to the camera. The apparatus enhances the operating distance of triaxial cameras without having to modify the camera and camera control hardware.

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Somis, CA, United States of America

Eugene Evan Baker