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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2008
Lewis B. Aronson, Los Altos, CA (US);
Darin James Douma, Monrovia, CA (US);
Lewis B. Aronson, Los Altos, CA (US);
Darin James Douma, Monrovia, CA (US);
Finisar Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A device having a plug that is configured to mechanically interface with a receptacle external to the device. The plug also has an electrical interface that electrically interfaces with the receptacle even though the external receptacle has a mechanical and electrical interface shaped to interface with an integrated cable that includes an optical communication mechanism for communicating over most of the length of the integrated cable, and even though the device itself has a full electrical communication channel communicatively coupling a data communication endpoint of the device with the electrical interface of the plug.