Patent ID: 8135281
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A Free Space Optical (FSO) connector comprising: an electrical connector having a plurality of contacts for engaging an electronics circuit card connector; an FSO optical module having a plurality of optic ports for transceiving optical signals via free space in a corresponding plurality of directions, the FSO optical module further including: a translation module having a connector interface connected to the electrical connector and an optical interface connected to FSO module, the translation module converting electrical signals received via the electrical connector and transferred as optical signals via the optical interface in a fifth direction, and converting optical signals received via the optical interface and transferred as electrical signals via the electrical connector; and, wherein the FSO optical module transmits and receives optical signals along a first axis in free space, transmits and receives optical signals along a second axis in free space, transmits and receives optical signals along a third axis via free space, and transmits and receives optical signals along a fourth axis via free space.