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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Philip L Lichtenberger, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Assignee:
PCO, Inc., Chatsworth, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 962 ; 361398 ;
Abstract
A plastic multipin connector that provides an optical-electronic interface between the end of a fiberoptic cable and an electronic circuit utilizes a flexible multilayer printed circuit with a ground plane layer on the outside of the folded circuit within a plastic housing and an upright tab intact with the ground plane layer on the outside of the tab and at least one patterned conductor layer. The upright tab is used to make connections of the optoelectronic device with the printed circuit at the base of the device leads to virtually eliminate any lead length from the device to the printed circuit that is not shielded from external noise.