Patent ID: 9231703
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: G02B,H04B,H04Q,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A configuration module for insertion into an optical node circuit board, including: a housing having a first set of terminal pins and a second set of terminal pins for conductive contact between individual traces arranged on the optical node circuit board and selective contact with each of a first set of four passive traces and a second set of four passive traces respectively; a jumper switch for selectively connecting the first set of four passive traces to splitting and combining elements in segmented traces across arrayed across a base; the first set of four passive traces, when the configuration module is inserted in a first orientation conductively engaging the first set of terminal pins with the individual traces, splitting and combining elements, the splitting and combining elements being selectively connected to enable one of a group of conductive configurations including 1×4, 2×2, and 2+2 configurations, the splitting and combining elements including: the second set of four passive traces that when the configuration module is inserted in a second orientation at right angles to the first orientation, conductively engaging the second set of terminal pins with the individual traces in a 4×4 configuration within the configuration module.