Patent ID: 8625295

Claim:
An interface circuit board apparatus, comprising: a shared circuit board base; a transceiver section disposed on the circuit board base, and having circuit transceiver sites to receive a plurality of transceiver component types; a termination section disposed on the circuit board base, and having circuit termination sites to receive a plurality of termination component types; a connection section operatively coupled to the transceiver and termination sections; and a section of manually configurable jumpers disposed between the termination section and connection section, the manually configurable jumpers being set at a time of manufacture to support signal mapping for particular connection types, wherein the transceiver section, the termination section and the section of manually configurable jumpers include electrical connection sites to support a plurality of interface types based on the plurality of transceiver component types and the plurality of termination component types, such that a first set of transceiver components and termination components are mounted to the transceiver section and the termination section to support a first interface type, and a second set of transceiver components and termination components are mounted to the transceiver section and the termination section to support a second interface type, the second set of transceiver components and termination components being different from the first set of transceiver components and termination components.