Patent ID: 6907230

Claim:
A telecommunications chassis, comprising: a shielding chamber having a first and second horizontal surface and a first and second vertical surface, the first and second vertical surfaces being disposed between the first and second horizontal surfaces, wherein the first and second horizontal surfaces and the first and second vertical surfaces are made of metal and are conductively connected; a vertical backplane having connectors for interfacing with telecommunications modules, the vertical backplane being disposed between the first and second horizontal surfaces and the first and second vertical surfaces, the vertical backplane establishing contact with the first and second horizontal surfaces and the first and second vertical surfaces, the vertical backplane having a ground conductor electrically connected to the connectors; an outer housing encompassing the shielding chamber and the vertical backplane and having an open side for receiving telecommunications modules, and the outer housing having a first cover surface that is substantially parallel to but within a different spatial plane from the first horizontal surface and having a second cover surface that is substantially parallel to but within a different spatial plane from the vertical backplane, wherein spacing between the first cover surface and the first horizontal surface and spacing between the second cover surface and the vertical backplane form an airspace; and a chassis ground conductor electrically connected to the shielding chamber and the ground conductor of the vertical backplane.