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Patent US7680389 - Light transceiver module - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA light transceiver module is designed for electronic devices. It forms an electric connection with the electric connector of the electronic device. The light transceiver module contains a base, a light-emitting device for providing optical signals, a light-receiving device for receiving optical signals,...http://www.google.com/patents/US7680389?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7680389 - Light transceiver moduleAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS7680389 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/643,893Publication dateMar 16, 2010Filing dateDec 22, 2006Priority dateJun 4, 2004Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS7300215, US20050271333, US20070104427Publication number11643893, 643893, US 7680389 B2, US 7680389B2, US-B2-7680389, US7680389 B2, US7680389B2InventorsCheng-Da Shaw, Shun-Tien Lee, Chiung-Hung Wang, Min Sheng Kao, Cheng Hung Tsai, Kun-Yi Shen, Chia Hung ChiuOriginal AssigneeIndustrial Technology Research InstituteExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (197), Referenced by (4), Classifications (15), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetLight transceiver module
US 7680389 B2Abstract
A light transceiver module is designed for electronic devices. It forms an electric connection with the electric connector of the electronic device. The light transceiver module contains a base, a light-emitting device for providing optical signals, a light-receiving device for receiving optical signals, and a main circuit board. The base supports the light-emitting device, the light-receiving device, and the main circuit board. The main circuit board has a pluggable electric connector for connections with the electric connector of the electronic device. The light transceiver module can be used to simplify and optimize the devices using it.
1. A light transceiver module installed in an electronic device having a suspension plate with a hole, forming an electric connection with an electric connector of the electronic device, the light transceiver module comprising:
a light-emitting device, which provides an optical signal;
a light-receiving device, which receives an optical signal;
a main circuit board, which connects the light-emitting device and the light-receiving device so that the light-emitting device and the light-receiving device are in electrical communications with the main circuit board, and contains a pluggable electric connector for the main circuit board to insert into and form electrical communications with the electric connector of the electronic device;
a base, which supports the light-emitting device, the light-receiving device, and the main circuit board, the base having a longitudinal crack;
a cross beam on the base for installation of the main circuit board, wherein the cross beam has a central beam and transverse beam being solid; and
a lever on the base, the longitudinal crack of the base accommodating the lever and for the lever to move alone the crack.
2. The light transceiver module of claim 1 further comprising a fixing base removeably connected to the base for accommodating different types of optical fiber.
3. The light transceiver module of claim 1, wherein the bottom of the module further comprises a combination mechanism for fixing the module on the electronic device.
4. The light transceiver module of claim 1, wherein the base comprises a protruding part such that the protruding part catch the opening formed on the electronic device and fix the base on the electronic device when the pluggable electric connector is plugged in and forms electrical communications with the electric connector of the electronic device.
5. The light transceiver module of claim 4 further comprising a pulling plate installed on the base, wherein the pulling plate comprises a tail chip with a hole for the protruding part of the base to go through.
6. The light transceiver module of claim 1, wherein the pluggable electric connector is a mating portion of main circuit board.
7. The light transceiver module of claim 1 further comprising a soft circuit board connected to the main circuit board so that the main circuit is in electrical communications with the light-emitting device and the light-receiving device.
8. The light transceiver module of claim 1, wherein both sides of the transverse beam have protruding parts with concave parts on the top, and the concave parts hold both sides of the top of the main circuit board.
9. The light transceiver module of claim 1, wherein the base is provided with a hook ring and a post connected to the hook ring, the hook ring and the post connect each other made use of a shaft, by way of the connection through the shaft, the hook ring are allowed to rotate about the shaft as an axis, thereby, the hook ring gets movable with respect to the post, a protruding end of the lever penetrates through the hook ring so that when the lever moves up and downs along the longitudinal crack, the hook ring is driven to move the post in and out of the base.
10. The light transceiver module of claim 1 further comprising a top cover installed on the base to cover the light-emitting device, the light-receiving device, and the main circuit board.
11. The light transceiver module of claim 10, wherein the top cover contains a plurality of protruding parts and the corresponding positions on the base are formed with a plurality of cracks to accommodate the protruding parts.
12. The light transceiver module of claim 10, wherein the top cover contains a plurality of chips and the corresponding positions on the base are formed with a plurality of concave parts to accommodate the chips.
13. The light transceiver module of claim 12, wherein at least one of the chips has a hook and the corresponding position on the base is formed with a hook hole for the hook to catch.
14. The light transceiver module of claim 12, wherein the lever has long holes for accommodating the chips so that the chips limiting the pulling distance of the lever and preventing the lever from being removed.
15. The light transceiver module of claim 10, wherein the top cover is fixed on the base by locking.
16. The light transceiver module of claim 10 further comprising a combination chip to combine the sides of the top cover and the base.
17. The light transceiver module of claim 16, wherein each end of the combination chip is formed with a protruding part and the corresponding position on the top cover is formed with a socket hole for the insertion of the protruding part, and the combination chip has a plurality of hooks and the corresponding positions on the base are formed with a plurality of openings for accommodating the hooks.
18. The light transceiver module of claim 16, wherein the combination chip contains a plurality of elastic elements exposed out of the base.
This application is a Continuation-In-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/949,792, filed Sep. 24, 2004 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,300,215, which claimed priority from Taiwanese application No. 093116137, filed Jun. 4, 2004.
The invention relates to a light transceiver module and, in particular, to a pluggable light transceiver module.
In view of the trend in high-speed broadband communications, the optical communication industry that uses light as the communication medium has been making rapid progress. Optic fiber products are thus becoming more important. At the same time, high-speed transmission systems using optic fibers as the transmission media require the support of high-quality light transceiver modules. The light transceiver module is installed in an electronic device to receive/emit optical signals from/to optic fibers.
The light transceiver module mainly contains a base, a light-emitting device, a light-receiving device, and a circuit board. The base supports the light-emitting device, the light-receiving device, and the circuit board. The circuit board has the functions of driving the transmissions and emitting optical signals. In the prior art, the light transceiver module is connected to the electronic device via the pins on the circuit board. The connection between the light transceiver module and the signal source is achieved by connecting the circuit board onto the motherboard in the electronic device via the pins. Therefore, the electronic device can transmit and receive optical signals using the emission and reception terminals of the light transceiver module. In particular, the electronic device has to provide motherboard duct holes for the pins of the circuit board to plug in. However, this type of assembly requires many circuit board pins to align with the motherboard duct holes. If the light transceiver module has to be repeatedly plugged in and out, the pins are likely to be bent or deformed to affect the alignment precision. Consequently, the usual light transceiver modules are not suitable for repeatedly plugging in and out. A pluggable light transceiver module is then invented to circumvent the problem. Nevertheless, since the pluggable light transceiver module integrates the opto-electronic devices required by the receiving and emission terminals into a box, one inevitably faces such problems as heat dissipation, optic fiber connector structure, the alignment between the circuit board pins and the mother board duct holes in another device, electromagnetic (EM) radiation, and electromagnetic interference (EMI). Therefore, it is necessary to make overall improvements in the device configuration and mechanism design so as to simultaneously increase the module efficiency and freedom.
To illustrate the above effect, we look at the Huang et al. (U.S. Pat. No. 6,483,711) is related to Optoelectronic transceiver module with additional grounding which disclosed the subject matters as “The transceiver module comprises a housing, an optoelectronic subassembly, a receptacle, a chassis and a PCB.” and, “Conductive leads of the optoelectronic subassembly are soldered to the PCB. The chassis is attached to the PCB with screws, and accommodates and protects the PCB.” which can't make overall improvements in the device configuration and mechanism design so as to simultaneously increase the module efficiency and freedom.
To further illustrate the above effect, we look at the Hattori et al. (U.S. Pat. No. 6,855,558) is related to Package with locking mechanism which disclosed the subject matters as “the locking-dislocking mechanism is composed of the operation lever mounted rotatably on the package main body, and the adjusting member which is mounted rotatably to the operation lever and supported slidably by the package main body to adjust the engagement lever, whereby the engagement lever is swingingly moved.”, and “the operation lever has a pair of right and left arms and which are placed on the opposite sides of the front of the package main body, respectively, wherein the shafts and are mounted to the respective arms and so as to be in parallel to each other. In this condition, the operation lever is adapted to be pivoted in a tiltable manner along a direction in removing the package main body by means of either of the shafts which can't make overall improvements in the device configuration and mechanism design so as to simultaneously increase the module efficiency and freedom.
In view of the foregoing, the invention provides a light transceiver module with a pluggable design to avoid the pin alignment problem. The disclosed light transceiver module can achieve the goal of easy dismounting for examinations.
The disclosed light transceiver module is installed in an electronic device, forming an electric connection for signal transmissions via the electronic connector of the electronic device. The light transceiver module contains a base, a light-emitting device for providing optical signals, a light-receiving device for receiving optical signals, and a main circuit board. The base is used to support the light-emitting device, the light-receiving device, and the main circuit board. The light-emitting device and the light-receiving device are electrically connected to the main circuit board. The main circuit board has a pluggable electric connector for the main circuit board to be plugged along a single direction to the electronic connector of the electronic device. With a lever design, the plugging and unplugging of the light transceiver module can be simplified. One can further reduce the use of screws using special assembly and connection designs, facilitating the production and examination of the light transceiver module. For example, a top cover for protection can be mounted on the base via a spring chip. The base can be provided with device bases that are easy to replace for mounting the light-emitting device and the light-receiving device. In this case, one only needs to replace the device bases for the connections of different optic fiber connectors without changing the whole light transceiver module structure. Moreover, the invention can contain several soft circuit boards or metal pins for the main circuit board to be electrically connected to the light-emitting device and the light-receiving device. One may also use a hollow cylindrical shell to enclose the light-emitting device, the light-receiving device, the main circuit board, and the base.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the structure in a first embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2A is a schematic view of the structure in a second embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2B is a schematic view of the second embodiment installed on an electronic device;
FIG. 2C is a schematic view of the second embodiment departing from the electronic device;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the structure in a third embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the structure in a fourth embodiment of the invention; and
FIGS. 5A to 5D are schematic views of the structure in a fifth embodiment of the invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, the disclosed light transceiver module is installed on an electronic device (not shown). The electronic device provides an electric connector. The light transceiver module contains a base 200, a light-emitting device 130, a light-receiving device 140, a main circuit board 100, and two soft circuit boards 120. The base 200 supports the base 200, the light-emitting device 130, the light-receiving device 140, and the main circuit board 100. The two soft circuit boards 120 are the connection interfaces between the light-emitting device 130, the light-receiving device 140 and the main circuit board 100, respectively. The main circuit board 100 contains a pluggable electronic connector 110. In this embodiment, the pluggable electronic connector 110 uses the mating commonly used in the print circuit board (PCB). It is plugged into the corresponding electric connector of the electronic device.
The light-emitting device 130 and the light-receiving device 140 are first connected to the main circuit board 100 via the soft circuit boards 120, then assembled to the base 200. The base 200 contains two fixing positions 230, 240 for the installation of the light-emitting device 130 and the light-receiving device 140. The base 200 adopts a cross beam design. That is, after the light-emitting device 130 and the light-receiving device 140 are installed, the place on the base 200 for installing the main circuit board 100 is provided with a cross beam 210 with the central beam and transverse beams being solid but the rest being hollow. Therefore, the main circuit board 100 exposes most of its area without blocking the electronic devices thereon and their connection points. This is very convenient in debugging, examination, or adjustments. The central beam 210 has a protruding part 211 at its end. Correspondingly, the main circuit board has a hole 111 for the insertion of the protruding part 211. On both sides of the transverse beam, there are protruding parts 212 with concave parts 213 on the tops. The concave parts 213 are designed to hold both sides of the top of the main circuit board 100. The bottom of the base 200 has a mounting mechanism (not shown) for installing the light transceiver module on the electronic device.
In practice, the disclosed light transceiver module is preferably to be provided with a protection shell to avoid damages due to frequent plugging and unplugging. Moreover, the shell is preferably provided with a lever design to facilitate the mounting and dismounting of the light transceiver module.
With reference to FIG. 2A, the design of a pulling plate facilitates the plugging and unplugging of the light transceiver module. The bottom of the base is installed with a pulling plate 201. The pulling plate 201 extends to form a holding part 202 and a tail chip 203 with a hole. The bottom of the base 200 is also provided with a protruding part 220 as a connecting element to the hole of the tail chip 203. A suspension plate 251 with an opening 252 is provided on the electronic device 250 at a position corresponding to the protruding part 220 of the base 200. When installing the light transceiver module to the electronic device 250, as shown in FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B, the opening 252 of the suspension plate 251 locked the protruding part 220. When unplugging the light transceiver module, as shown in FIG. 2C, the user holds the holding part 202 of the pulling plate 201 and exerts a force in the direction opposite to plugging the main circuit board into the electronic device. When the pulling plate 201 is pulled out, the tail chip 203 on the pulling plate 201 climbs up the protruding part 220 and pushes away the suspension plate 251 and the electronic device 250 meanwhile. The light transceiver module is thus unplugged from the electronic device 250.
A third embodiment with a lever design of the invention is shown in FIG. 3. The light-emitting device 130 and the light-receiving device 140 are first combined with the main circuit board 100 via the soft circuit boards 120, and then installed on the base 300. The base 300 provides concave parts for mounting the light-emitting device 130, the light-receiving device 140, and the main circuit board 100. The base 130 has a lever 310 for the convenience of unplugging the light transceiver module. It provides a mechanism for exerting a force in the direction opposite to plugging the pluggable electronic connector 110 of the main circuit board 100 into the electronic device. This greatly simplifies the steps of releasing the light transceiver module. In the prior art, two steps are required for the light transceiver module to have both transverse and longitudinal displacements in order to release the light transceiver module. The design of the lever 310 along with other combination elements (not shown) fixes the light transceiver module on the electronic device. The light transceiver module can be easily released from the electronic device by using the lever 310 to provide a transverse displacement.
In a third embodiment of the invention, a top cover 320 is provided to protect the above-mentioned elements. Since the top cover 320 is fixed, it does not depart from the light transceiver module as the light transceiver module is plugged or unplugged. As shown in the drawing, the top cover 320 contains several chips 321. The base 300 are formed with several corresponding holes 330 for the chips 321. Each of the chips 321 can be formed with a hook 322, and the corresponding position on the base 300 is formed with a hook hole 331 for the hook 322. The chips 321 on the top cover 320 are simultaneously plugged into the long holes 311 of the lever 310, thereby limiting the pulling distance of the lever 310 and preventing it from being removed. Therefore, the top cover 320 does not require screws and can be used to limit the motion of the lever.
The module is design to use as few screws as possible for the convenience of the assembly and production of the light transceiver module. Moreover, one only needs to change the fixing bases to satisfy the requirements of different optic fiber connectors. With reference to FIG. 4, the fourth embodiment of the invention combines the light-emitting device 130, the light-receiving device 140, and the main circuit board 100 using soft circuit boards (not shown). Afterwards, they are assembled onto the base 430, which is provided with fixing bases 420 to fix the light-emitting device 130 and the light-receiving device 140. The light transceiver module further contains a protection top cover 400 and combination chips 410. The combination chips 410 are provided on both sides of the top cover 400 to combine with the base 430. Both ends of each combination chip 410 have protruding parts 413, and the corresponding positions on the top cover are formed with socket holes 402 for the insertion of the protruding parts 413. The combination chip 410 further has several hooks 411, and the corresponding positions on the base are formed with openings 431. The hooks 411 and the openings 431 are used to combine the top cover 400 and the base 430. This design avoids the use of screws and simplifies the module assembly. The positions on the top cover 400 corresponding to the hooks 411 are formed with concave parts 401 in order to accommodate the hooks 411 after the combination. In the third embodiment, the fixing bases are mobile relative the base. They can be replaced for different optic fiber connectors without modifying the whole module structure. As shown in the drawing, the combination chip may contain several elastic elements 412 that are exposed out of the base 430 after the combination. They provide the necessary buffer and fixture when the light transceiver module is plugged or unplugged.
The disclosed lever can have actions in other forms according to the module structure. A fifth embodiment of the invention is depicted in FIGS. 5A to 5C. As shown in FIG. 5A, the light-emitting device 130, the light-receiving device 140, and the main circuit board 100 are combined using soft circuit board (not shown) and then assembled onto the base 500. The base 500 has a longitudinal crack to accommodate the lever 510 and for the lever 510 to move along the crack. Each side of the base 500 is provided with a hook ring 511 and a post 512 that holds the hook ring 511. The hook ring 511 and the post 512 connect each other made use of a shaft 514. By way of the connection of the shaft 514, the hook ring 511 are allowed to rotate about the shaft 514 as an axis. Thereby, the hook ring 511 get movable with respect to the post 512. One protruding end 515 of the lever 510 extends into the hook ring 511. As the lever 510 moves up and downs along the longitudinal crack, so moves the protruding end 515 of the lever 510, eventually the hook ring 511 is driven to make the post 512 move in and out of the base 500. When the post 512 moves in, the module and the base 500 become separate. When the post 512 moves out, the module can be fixed with some other mechanism. As shown in FIG. 5B, the fifth embodiment can be provided with a top cover 520. The top cover 520 has a protruding part 522 and a through hole 523. The corresponding positions on the base 500 are formed with a crack 521 and a screw hole, respectively. As shown in FIG. 5C, the through hole 523 and the protruding part 522 on the top cover 520 are aligned with the screw hole 513 and the crack 521 of the base 500, respectively. A screw 524 is then used to go through the through hole 523 and the screw hole 513. As shown in FIG. 5D, the enlargement view of area A of FIG. 5B is pictured in which area describes the hook ring 511 and the post 512 connecting each other by making use of a shaft 514. By way of the connection of the shaft 514, the hook ring 511 are allowed to rotate about the shaft 514 as an axis.
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