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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2009
Igor Zhovnirovsky, Newton, MA (US);
Subhash Roy, Lexington, MA (US);
Keith Conroy, Perkasie, PA (US);
Igor Zhovnirovsky, Newton, MA (US);
Subhash Roy, Lexington, MA (US);
Keith Conroy, Perkasie, PA (US);
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A Free Space Optics (FSO) connector is provided with a method for interfacing to an electronic circuit card electrical connector via the FSO connector. The method transceives electrical signals via an electronic circuit card electrical connector. Using an FSO connector, the method converts between electrical signals and optical signals, and transceives optical signals via free space. In one aspect, the optical signals are initially received via free space along a first axis, and reflected along a second axis. Further, the optical signals may be initially transmitted along the second axis and reflected into free space along the first axis. In another aspect, the optical signals are transceived in a plurality of directions in free space. For example, optical signals may be transmitted and received in four mutually-orthogonal axes.