Patent ID: 9634771
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G02B,G06F,H04B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method for connecting adjacent computing board devices, comprising: providing a source computing board; attaching an optical engine having an optical splitter to the source computing board; interfacing a plurality of optical conduits to each simultaneously receive a same optical signal via the optical splitter; coupling a plurality of source optical connectors to the optical conduits; positioning a first optical connector at a location on the source computing board for a type of computing component on an adjacent computing board; positioning a second optical connector at a fixed offset from the first optical connector on the source computing board, wherein the second optical connector is configured to connect to a second preset the type of computing component on the adjacent computing board; coupling one source optical connector to another optical connector to provide a communication channel; and discarding the optical signal from the second source optical connector.