Patent ID: 8322933
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. Information processing equipment in which a first electric connector disposed on an optical backplane is electrically connected to a second electric connector disposed on a circuit substrate, the information processing equipment comprising: a photoelectric conversion module being accommodated in the first electric connector, the photoelectric conversion module including a plurality of juxtaposed light input and output ports; a plurality of juxtaposed optical fibers laid on the optical backplane; an optical connector being disposed to edge portions of the plurality of juxtaposed optical fibers, the optical connector accommodating edge portions of the plurality of juxtaposed optical fibers; an elastic body for pushing the optical connector toward the photoelectric conversion module; and a light path converter being included in the optical connector and being arranged between the photoelectric conversion module and the edge portions of the plurality of juxtaposed optical fibers, wherein the photoelectric conversion module is optically connected to the optical connector; the disposing direction of an array direction of the plurality of juxtaposed optical fibers in the optical connector is in nonparallel with the main surface of the circuit substrate; the disposing direction of a length direction of the plurality of juxtaposed optical fibers in the optical connector is in parallel with the main surface of the circuit substrate; the disposing direction of the light input and output ports of the photoelectric conversion module is in nonparallel with the main surface of the circuit substrate; the direction of insertion and extraction between the first electric connector and the second electric connector is perpendicular to the main surface of the optical backplane; and the first electric connector includes a surface being in a parallel with the main surface of the optical backplane, and the surface comprises electric contacts for connecting to the second electric connector, the electric contacts being electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion module.