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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2016
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventor:

Arvind Sundaram, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04B 10/80 (2013.01); H04B 10/50 (2013.01); H04B 10/69 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/803 (2013.01); H04B 10/503 (2013.01); H04B 10/6911 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes a communication interface including separate electrical connectors configured to communicate power and ground using electrical conductors, the communication interface includes a free-air optical interconnect including at least one of: a laser emitter configured to transmit laser energy across an air gap to a separate device; or a photodiode configured to detect laser energy received across the air gap from the separate device.


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