Patent ID: 8708575
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: G02B,H01R

Abstract:
1. An active optical connector using an audio port of an electronic device, the connector comprising: (a) a plug having a longitudinally extending central through-bore; (b) a conductor mounted on the plug; (c) first and second optical fibers extending through the central through-bore and having first and second front ends held in a fiber ferrule for receiving and emitting optical signals respectively therethrough; (d) a jack having a housing with a front opening; (e) a terminal mounted in the housing and configured to make contact with the conductor on the plug when the plug is fully inserted into the housing through the front opening thereof; (f) an optical transceiver module mounted at a rear open end of the housing, the optical transceiver module comprising a receptacle for receiving the fiber ferrule; (g) a light source provided on the optical transceiver module for emitting light towards the first front end of the first optical fiber; (h) a photo-detector provided on the optical transceiver module for receiving light from the second front end of the second optical fiber; and (i) a controller chip connected to the light source and the photo-detector, and comprising a converting circuit configured to convert electrical signals into optical signal and optical signals into electrical signals.