Patent ID: 6457978
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A cable modem termination system (CMTS) having front and rear sides comprising:a rear panel having a plurality of circuit card edge connectors, each of said circuit card edge connectors capable of receiving an edge connector for a circuit card; a first circuit card having a front plate having a first set of coaxial cable connectors thereon, said front plate of said first circuit card mounted at a first position on said first circuit card; a second circuit card having a front plate having a second set of coaxial cable connectors thereon, said front plate of said second circuit card mounted at a second position on said second circuit card; whereby when said first circuit card is inserted into a first circuit card edge connector in said rear panel and when said second circuit card is inserted into an adjacent, second circuit card edge connector in said rear panel, coaxial connectors of said first set of coaxial connectors on the front plate on said first circuit card are offset with respect to coaxial cable connectors of said second set of coaxial connectors on the front plate on said second circuit card.