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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2012
Kenneth M. Nagengast, Longwood, FL (US);
Alan D. Mccleary, St. Augustine, FL (US);
Huijiang Xi, Maitland, FL (US);
Kenneth M. Nagengast, Longwood, FL (US);
Alan D. McCleary, St. Augustine, FL (US);
Huijiang Xi, Maitland, FL (US);
Teledyne Instruments, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Abstract
A subsea connector unit with an integrated, bi-directional electrical to optical (EO) media converter is provided which has a first end configured for connection to standard subsea electrical cable connector unit and a second end joined to a subsea optical or electro-optical ethernet jumper cable. The EO media converter has one or more electrical input/output (I/O) junctions which communicate with electrical signal conductors in a connected electrical ethernet cable and one or more optical I/O junctions which are connected to one or more optical fibers extending from the subsea jumper cable. Electrical input signals received at the electrical I/O junctions are converted into corresponding optical signals provided at the optical I/O junctions for transmission along the subsea jumper cable, and optical input signals received from the jumper cable are converted to electrical signals at the electrical I/O junctions for output to the electrical cable.