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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1993
Mario E Ecker, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Lawrence Jacobowitz, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Casimer M DeCusatis, Lake Katrine, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Enables a large number of pluggable-array connectors to be used with a multi-chip module (MCM) by using a connector technique that does not require a significant amount of available surface area on a module. The array connectors provide a large increase in the input/output (I/O) capacity of a module. Each of the connectors has a receptacle supported by a frame around the module, and short flexible transmission lines connect the receptacle to the module. A plug connects a cluster (array) of external transmission lines, which may be optical and/or electrical transmission lines operating in parallel. Optical transmission lines may have optical/electrical transducers mounted on either the frame or module. Frame mounting of optical transducers with a connector receptacle enables a connector to transfer only electrical signals between the connector and the module, regardless of a mix of optical and electrical transmission lines to the same connector plug.