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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2004
Xiaozhong Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Albert T. Yuen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Xiaozhong Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Albert T. Yuen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Emcore Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
A fiber optic communications cable for providing a short range, high speed data communications link between information system units, including an optical fiber with an integral housing at each end having an electrical connector extending from the housing and adapted to mate with a corresponding electrical connector on an external information system unit for transferring an information signal between the cable and the unit. A signal converter in the integral housing's converts the information signal between an electrical signal and a corresponding optical signal.