Patent ID: 6659655
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A fiber-optic module comprising:a module chassis frame having optical, electrical, and opto-electronic components affixed therein, the optical, electrical, and opto-electronic components to process optical and electrical signals; a housing/shielding unit around the module chassis frame, the housing/shielding unit having a frontal opening to accept a fiber-optic cable connector, the housing/shielding unit is conductive and is isolated from a signal ground of the fiber optic module for the electrical and opto-electronic components, the housing/shielding unit has one or more fingers near an edge of the frontal opening to ground the housing/shielding unit to a chassis ground of a host system; and a plurality of solderable PCB pins to solder to a printed circuit board of the host system.