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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2020
Commscope Connectivity Uk Limited, London, GB;
Commscope Connectivity Belgium Bvba, Kessel-Lo, BE;
Commscope Technologies Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
David Brown, Suffolk, GB;
David Mather, Cheshire, GB;
Robert Neil Shaddock, Doylestown, PA (US);
William Atley Weeks, Ivyland, PA (US);
Joris Franckx, Bonheiden, BE;
Jan Jozef Julia Maria Erreygers, Tielt-Winge, BE;
ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US);
Abstract
A converter module comprises a housing; a fiber optic connector integrated with the housing, wherein the fiber optic connector is configured to mount directly to a fiber optic connector in a service terminal; a single electrical connector configured to couple to a metallic medium; and an optical-to-electrical (O/E) converter located in the housing and coupled to the fiber optic connector and the single electrical connector, the O/E converter configured to convert between optical frames communicated via the fiber optic connector and electrical signals communicated via the metallic medium.