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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2013
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Hiroshi Asai, Kyoto, JP;
Chikara Uratani, Kyoto, JP;
Motohisa Tamazawa, Kyoto, JP;
Atsushi Konishi, Kyoto, JP;
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Kyoto-fu, JP;
Abstract
A connector, which can protect a photoelectric conversion device from noise and has high durability includes a plug provided at one end of an optical fiber and a receptacle to which the plug is mounted from above. The plug includes a photoelectric conversion device composed of a semiconductor device that is not covered with a metal case and a metal member provided so as to cover an upper side of the photoelectric conversion device. The receptacle includes a metal housing to which the plug is fixed. The plug and the receptacle are fixed to each other only by engagement between the metal member and the metal housing.