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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2007
Andrew R. Rollinger, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Andrew R. Rollinger, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
An optical cable backshell connector for an optical cable having a plurality of optical fibers and a protective jacket. The novel backshell connector includes a backshell housing secured to the protective jacket and a mechanism disposed within the housing for converting optical signals from the optical fibers into electrical signals. In an illustrative embodiment, the backshell includes a plurality of receiver subassemblies, each receiver subassembly adapted to receive an optical signal from one of the optical fibers and convert the optical signal to an electrical signal. The backshell also includes an electrical output connector adapted to output the electrical signals to an electronics module. In a preferred embodiment, each receiver subassembly includes a photodiode and a matching circuit integrated into a single package. An optical ferrule is attached to each fiber for coupling the fiber to the receiver subassembly.