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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1999
Francis M. Samela, Lombard, IL (US);
Robert Skepnek, Norridge, IL (US);
Stratos Lightwave, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An interface is provided, the interface having at least two form factors—one for interfacing to a connector on a fiber channel drive and one or more other form factors for interfacing to one or more other styles of connectors. The first form factor is on a first part of the printed circuit board and the others are on a second part of the printed circuit board. Further, the first part of the printed circuit board is on one side of the printed circuit board and the other part of the printed circuit board is on an opposite side. Further, one or more non-SCA connectors are mounted on a front side of a substrate for receiving one or more non-SCA style connectors and an SCA2 receptacle is mounted on the back side of the substrate for interfacing the non-SCA connector an SCA connector on a fiber channel cable. Further, the non-SCA2 connector can include a DB9 receptacle, a high speed serial data connector (HSSDC), or RJ-45. Further, the fiber channel drive can receive a media interface adapter (MIA).